North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he is willing to restore severed inter-Korean communications lines next month.

According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Thursday, Kim made the remarks the previous day in his speech at the second session of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Kim reportedly expressed his willingness to restore inter-Korean hotlines early next month as part of efforts to realize peoples' hopes for improving inter-Korean relations and creating peace on the Korean Peninsula. 

Regarding South Korean President Moon Jae-in's proposal to declare a formal end to the Korean War, Kim said that mutual respect should be assured and unfair double-dealing standards and hostile policies should be abandoned before the declaration.

As for the United States, Kim reportedly said Washington's hostile policies and military threats remain unchanged even under the Biden administration. He then called its offer to meet without preconditions a cover for its hostile policy.

The remarks came after North Korea claimed to have test-fired a newly developed hypersonic missile.