North Korean leader Kim Jong-il wants to hold a summit meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said in Seoul Thursday following a three-day trip to the communist state.
"Although we did not meet with the leader of North Korea, when we had already departed from our guest home, we were asked to come back to receive a personal message," Carter said in a press conference, adding Kim "specifically" said he wanted an inter-Korean summit.