"We'll have to see what results from it. We have always been supportive of an inter-Korean dialogue," spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters as leaders from the two countries met in the North's capital Pyongyang.

"We think that it will hopefully contribute to peace and security. Ultimately it needs to lead to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," she added.

"But until we have more of an understanding of how the meeting went I'll decline to comment further," she said.

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