The South Korean Ministry of Unification on Friday issued a statement on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s new year address, saying it takes a “progressive” attitude towards his calls for a high level summit.

On Thursday Kim dedicated a significant proportion of his speech to North-South relations, indicating that he would not be opposed to meeting South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

“The R.O.K. government takes the progressive attitude on inter-Korean dialogue and exchange presented in the New Year Address by North Korea’s First Secretary of the Workers’ Party Kim Jong Un meaningfully,” the press release reads.

The statement