Pelosi to visit inter-Korean border area - AP

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is greeted by South Korea?s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo before their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit an inter-Korean border area that is jointly controlled by American-led U.N. Command and North Korea later on Thursday, Associated Press reported, citing a South Korean official.

If that visit occurs, Pelosi would be the highest-level American to go to the Joint Security Area since then-President Donald Trump went there in 2019 for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the report added.

Earlier in the day, Pelosi will meet South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin Pyo and other senior members of Parliament for talks on regional security, economic cooperation and climate issues, AP said.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (not pictured) at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan August 3, 2022. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)