North Korea's Sports Minister Kim Il-guk has arrived in Switzerland for talks at the International Olympic Committee(IOC) on Pyongyang's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. 

Kim and other North Korean officials on Thursday arrived at Geneva’s Cointrin airport on a flight from Beijing, and traveled to Lausanne with North Korean IOC representative Chang Ung. 

The North Korean delegation on Saturday will sit with South Korean officials for talks hosted by the IOC to discuss details about the North's Olympic participation, including the number of North Korean athletes, as well as questions related to official protocol, including flags, ceremonies and uniform.

South Korea will send Culture and Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan, Korean Sports and Olympic Committee chief Lee Kee-heung, PyeongChang Winter Games organizing committee chief Lee Hee-beom and IOC member Ryu Seung-min for the talks.

The two sides will meet at the negotiating table at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. The North Korean delegation will reportedly hold a separate meeting with the IOC on Friday.