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General-level military talks between S. Korea, DPRK start
    2018-06-15  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

SOUTH KOREA and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Thursday started general-level military talks at the border village of Panmunjom to ease military tensions, according to local media reports.

The inter-Korean dialogue between general-level military officers, the first of its kind in over 10 years, kicked off at 10 a.m. in Tongilgak, a DPRK building inside the Panmunjom that straddles the divided Koreas. The last general-grade military dialogue between the two sides was held in December 2007.

The five-member South Korean delegation was led by Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, a senior-level official of the defense ministry in charge of inter-Korean military affairs.

The DPRK side, composed of five delegates, was headed by Lt. Gen. An Ik-san.

The chief South Korean delegate told reporters before heading for Panmunjom that he will discuss with his DPRK counterpart issues on the easing of inter-Korean military tensions and the schedule for inter-Korean talks between defense ministers.

Other issues on the dialogue agenda would possibly be the restoration of the inter-Korean military communications channel, the regularly-held military talks between the two sides and the establishment of a hotline between defense ministers.

Also on Thursday South Korean President Moon Jae-in said that he will carefully review the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises if talks between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States continue.

Moon made the remarks during a National Security Council (NSC) meeting of the presidential Blue House to assess the DPRK-U.S. summit and discuss response measures of the South Korean Government.

Moon said that if the DPRK sincerely puts denuclearization into action, and if earnest talks between Pyongyang and Washington continue to eliminate hostile relations, he would carefully review the joint annual military drills between Seoul and Washington.

Under such conditions, South Korea needs to flexibly change its military pressure in accordance with the Panmunjom Declaration, in which Moon and Kim agreed to build mutual trust after holding the third-ever inter-Korean summit on April 27 at the truce village of Panmunjom.

(Xinhua)

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