North Korea’s chief delegate to the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics has once again said that the door remains open for dialogue with Washington. 

Kim Yong-chol, a key official in the North's ruling party in charge of handling inter-Korean affairs, made the remark on Monday during a luncheon meeting with South Korea's chief presidential security adviser Chung Eui-yong. Kim was said to have pointed out that the North revealed several times that it is willing to sit down with the U.S. for talks. 

He made a similar remark on Sunday during a meeting with President Moon Jae-in, when the South Korean president said Washington-Pyongyang talks should be held swiftly to help improve inter-Korean relations and to fundamentally resolve Korean Peninsula issues. 

During Monday’s meeting, officials from the two Koreas reached the consensus that international cooperation on the Korean Peninsula is important, particularly with the United States, China, Japan, and Russia.