South and North Korean generals to meet again Tuesday at Panmunjom to discuss ways to ease military tensions

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Tomorow, another round of military talks will be held between the two Koreas at Panmunjom.
In the previous session, some 50 days ago, they reconnnected communication lines.
This time the generals will likely discuss ways to ease tension.
Park Ji-won starts us off with what will likely be the central topics during the meeting at the border village.
The two Koreas will hold another round of general-level talks on Tuesday.
The venue this time will be the Peace House on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom.
The two sides will be led by the same officials as last month's talks -- Major General Kim Do-gyun from the South and Lieutenant General Ahn Ik-san from the North.
A lieutenant general in North Korea is equivalent to a major general in South Korea.
Regarding the agenda of the talks,... the nation's defense ministry said the talks are expected to resume topics that were left unfinished at the previous inter-Korean military talks in mid-June.

"The talks are expected to focus on specifying issues that both sides had brought up at the previous talks. We will specifically know the exact agenda once the talks begin."

A military source told Arirang News Monday afternoon,.. that the two sides are expected to continue discussing ways to make the de-facto inter-Korean border into a peace zone,... as agreed in the Panmunjom Declaration in April between the leaders of the two Koreas.
For such goal, the two sides, according to the source, could discuss disarming South and North Korean soldiers at the Joint Security Area in the DMZ,... and drawing off currently-stationed troops and equipment at some of Guard Posts,... GP,... as a pilot program.
Creating a peace zone around the Northern Limit Line,... a de-facto maritime border in the West Sea,... is also expected to be one of the key topics at the talks.
During the previous military talks,... the two Koreas agreed to completely restore military communication lines,... both on the eastern and western parts of the Peninsula. Earlier this month, the western communication line was restored.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.

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