North and South Korean Presidents hold historic summit

North Korean President, Kim Jong Un has walked across the military demarcation line dividing the two Koreas to be greeted by South Korean President, Moon Jae-in for the first inter-Korean summit in the past decade. 

President Moon has also been to North Korea severally before returning to the South, hand-in-hand, with Jong Un in a meeting which is targeted at ending many years of conflict.

The meeting which took place on Friday, April 26, means Jong Un became the first North Korean leader to be in South Korean since the Korean peninsula was divided into two countries after the 1950-53 Korean war.

North Korean President, Kim Jong Un, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, shaking hands. Photo credit: Reuters.

According to Financial Times, the historic summit will focus on the demands of the United States and its allies that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons and create a new peace regime to officially end the war.

Reports said that the rare top-level meeting is a diplomatic breakthrough after years of threats and recriminations, which have pushed the peninsula to the brink of war.

The meeting will also set the ground for the planned summit between the North Korean President and United States President, Donald Trump in the coming weeks, will be discussing deeply on denuclearisation and sanctions relief is expected to be made.