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| North Korea's new United Nations Ambassador Kim Song, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the U.N. chief's office in New York. Yonhap |
By Jung Da-min
North Korea's new Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song started working Thursday after the three-day inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang ended.
Ambassador Kim met U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the organization's New York headquarters to present his credentials.
Kim told reporters he was ready to "work with the U.N." on international affairs and that he would like to express North Korea's "supreme leader" Kim Jong-un's "warm greetings."
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But Kim did not comment on South Korean journalists' questions on recent inter-Korean affairs and prospects for North Korea's denuclearization.
"There will be an opportunity to talk about that issue next time," he said.
South Korea and the U.S will hold a summit in New York on Sept. 24 (local time), on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
A meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho is also expected to be held next week, at Pompeo's invitation.
