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N. Korea says restoration of cross-border hotline will play positive role in improving relations

Jul 27, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), July 27: North Korea said Tuesday that the restoration of inter-Korean communication lines will play a positive role in improving inter-Korean relations.
"Now, the whole Korean nation desires to see the North-South relations recovered from setback and stagnation as early as possible," the official Korean Central News Agency said, confirming that all inter-Korean communication liaison lines were restored as of 10 a.m.
"The top leaders of the North and the South agreed to make a big stride in recovering the mutual trust and promoting reconciliation by restoring the cutoff inter-Korean communication liaison lines through the recent several exchanges of personal letters," the KCNA said.
The restoration "will have positive effects on the improvement and development of the North-South relations," it said.
Source: Yonhap