A DPRK delegation, paying a condolatory visit to Seoul for late President Kim Dae-jung, requested on Saturday a meeting with S. Korean President Lee Myung- bak, saying it has brought a message from DPRK leader Kim Jong IL, local media reported.

The request came at a meeting between the DPRK delegates and Seoul's Unification Minister Hyun In-taek, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said. Minister Hyun has reportedly delivered the message to the presidential office, it added.

In a related development, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will decide whether to meet DPRK delegation after he listens to a report on inter-Korean meeting from Unification Minister Hyun, Yonhap said.

The DPRK senior delegate Kim Yang Gon said that "inter-Korean relations should be improved soon", Yonhap said.

If the meeting is held, the delegation is scheduled to leave Seoul Saturday afternoon, may have to delay its return, according to Yonhap.

(Xinhua News Agency August 22, 2009)