S. Korea seeks military talks with N. Korea next month
SEOUL – SOUTH KOREA on Wednesday proposed holding working-level military talks with North Korea next month, in what would be their first dialogue since the North’s deadly bombardment last November.
The defence ministry said it sent a message to the North suggesting a meeting on February 11 at the border truce village of Panmunjom.
The meeting is aimed at setting the time, place and agenda for higher-level military talks. Both sides agreed last week to hold the high-level meeting in an attempt to ease months of tensions.
The meeting at Panmunjom would be the first since the North shelled a South Korean border island on November 23, killing four people including civilians and sending tensions soaring.
Seoul’s unification ministry in a statement also urged Pyongyang to agree to hold separate talks on its nuclear programme.
A ministry spokesman said such talks were necessary to verify the North’s will for ‘denuclearisation, peace on the Korean peninsula and the true development of inter-Korean relations’. — AFP
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