The mayor of Gangneung, South Korea on Thursday announced plans to provide accommodation for an upcoming North Korean delegation to the PyeongChang Olympics in February.

Choi Myeong-hee made the statement at a news conference two days after inter-Korean talks at the truce village of Panmunjom resulted in the announcement that Pyongyang would send a high-level delegation to the games.

The 2018 Winter Olympics’ ice sports matches will be held in Gangneung, which is home to five stadiums.

“I warmly welcome that North Korea’s participation in 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics was confirmed at the South-North high-level meeting as mayor of the