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UN Chief Always Ready to Promote Inter-Korean Dialogue

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The United Nations said it was unable to confirm the reports claiming that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to visit Pyongyang, stressing that the UN chief... 16.11.2015, Sputnik International

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UN Chief Always Ready to Promote Inter-Korean Dialogue

05:05 GMT 16.11.2015 (Updated: 10:54 GMT 26.10.2022)

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - Sputnik International

The United Nations said it was unable to confirm the reports claiming that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to visit Pyongyang, stressing that the UN chief was always ready to help enhance dialogue on the Korean peninsula.

South Korean National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin (2nd L), South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo (L), Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yang Gon (R), and Hwang Pyong-so (2nd R), the top military aide to the North's leader Kim Jong Un, talk during the inter-Korean high-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in this picture provided by the Unification Ministry and released by Yonhap on August 25, 2015 - Sputnik International

North Korea Ready for Dialogue if US Signs Peace Settlement - FM

1 October 2015, 23:29 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Earlier, the Yonhap news agency reported that Ban would be visiting North Korea this week.

"The Secretary-General has always said that he is ready to play any role in order to help enhance dialogue, stability and peace on the Korean Peninsula. As for any future plans by the Secretary-General to travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, we have no further comment at this time," the United Nations said in a statement Sunday.

Ban was supposed to visit North Korea in May to hold talks with several officials. However, Pyongyang made a last-minute decision to now allow the UN chief to enter.

South and North Korea remain legally at war since the 1953 end of the Korean War and the signing of an armistice.