JUST IN: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un welcomes South’s Moon at airport

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Yoon Young-chan (L), a senior South Korean presidential secretary for public relations, looks at a picture of the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a photo exhibition to support the upcoming inter-Korean summit, in downtown Seoul on September 17, 2018. / AFP /Jung Yeon-je

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP)–North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomed Moon Jae-in at Pyongyang airport Tuesday as the South Korean president arrived for the pair’s third summit this year.

The two men, accompanied by their wives, embraced after Moon walked down the steps of his aircraft, before talking for a few minutes ahead of a welcome ceremony and a field gun salute, television pictures showed.