South Korean President Moon Jae-in said during his annual press conference he was ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but "only when conditions are met," local media reported Wednesday. 

The South Korean leader also said, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency, that the North Korean nuclear issue must be resolved.

Last summer, during a speech in Berlin, Moon Jae-in said that contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was necessary, and the summit would be held if it served to relieve tension and confrontation.

The meetings of the leaders of the two Koreas were held twice — in Pyongyang in 2000 and 2007 with North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il, the late father of the incumbent leader of the country.