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From left, Lee Hee-beom, president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG), North Korea's Olympic Committee President and sports minister Kim Il Guk, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, from Germany, South Korea's Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan and South Korea's President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Lee Kee-heung are pictured during a signing ceremony after the North and South Korean Olympic Participation Meeting at the Olympic Museum of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Saturday, January 20, 2018. A decision with regard to the participation of athletes from the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 will be taken during this four-party meeting. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)