A top official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday met with a visiting US Congressional delegation to discuss pending issues between the two countries, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

The DPRK's President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Yong-nam, held talks at the Mansudae Assembly Hall with the US delegation headed by Curt Weldon, vice-chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives.

Radio Free Asia reported earlier that the US delegates will explain to Pyongyang that "the United States has no intention to overthrow the DPRK's system". Pushing the resumption of the six-party talks is expected to be a main topic during the visit.

The US Congressional delegation arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a five-nation visit including Russia, China, Japan and South Korea.

On Wednesday, the delegation met with Paek Nam-sun, the DPRK Foreign Minister, and Ri Chan-bok, the chief representative of Panmunjom Mission of the Korean People's Army, who is in charge of DPRK-US military affairs.