President Lee Myung-bak said Friday that the venue for a possible inter-Korean summit should not necessarily be Seoul, adding that he is open-minded on the matter.
In his first town hall meeting since last January, Lee said he was willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il if that is conducive to the denuclearization of North Korea, and to discuss South Koreans prisoners of war reportedly kidnapped by the North from a humanitarian point of view. The meeting was televised live nationwide.
But he said there were no compelling reasons for him to sit down with the North Korean leader now.
``I think that South Korea should work together with North Korea to resolve humanitarian issues and through these efforts both can make reconciliation and achieve mutual prosperity,'' he said.
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