SEOUL: North Korea accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of “moral vulgarity” yesterday after she suggested she was ready to hold a summit with its leader Kim Jong-Un at any time.
The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea accused Park of talking about a summit with Kim while making provocative remarks against Pyongyang.
“Park’s remark about ‘summit talks’ does not deserve even a passing note and is just a last resort to tide over the political crisis inside and outside,” the state body said in a statement.
The statement, carried by the North’s official news agency, was a response to Park’s comments in an interview published last week by the French daily Le Figaro.
Park said she was willing to hold a summit with Kim at any time if it were necessary to improve cross-border relations and promote peace on the Korean peninsula. But her senior press secretary, Lee Jung-Hyun, cautioned against reading too much into her comment, calling it “an answer in principle”. AFP
