Seoul, Feb 8 (IANS): South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet North Korean government delegates to the PyeongChang Olympic Games this week, his office said on Thursday.

The meeting will be held on Saturday, according to office spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom.

"President Moon plans to hold a meeting and have lunch with the North Korean delegation on February 10," the spokesman told a press briefing without disclosing the location of the planned meeting.

The North's official delegation is scheduled to arrive here on Friday and stay till Sunday, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The 22-member delegation will be headed by the communist state's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam. It will also include the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong.

Moon's meeting with the North Korean delegates will be held one day after they attend the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympic Games in the eastern town of Pyeongchang.

North Korea has also agreed to send 22 athletes to the Games, which will be held from Friday through February 25.

The North's decision to take part in the Olympics came after three rounds of inter-Korean dialogue held last month, the first of their kind in over two years.