General-level inter-Korean military talks taking place at Panmunjeom
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Let's start with the ongoing... and highly welcomed cool down of tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Another round of high-level military talks between generals from the two Koreas has just started at the border village of Panmunjeom.
These are the third round of such general-level talks between the two Koreas this year alone.
For more, let's go live to our defense ministry correspondent Park Ji-won, who's at Seoul's Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue.
Jiwon.
Mark.
The talks have just started at Tongil-gak,.. on the North Korean side of Panmunjeom.
A five-member delegation is representing each side,... and are being led by the same generals as the last two times this year,... Major General Kim Do-gyun from the South and Lieutenant General Ahn Ik-san from the North,... both of whom are considered the same rank.
South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon spoke to the South Korean delegation here,... at the Office for the Inter-Korean Dialogue in Seoul,... before they left for Panmunjeom earlier.
Let's hear what the head of the South Korean delegation, Major General Kim told the media,... before he headed to Panmunjeom at around seven thirty a.m. this morning.
"By fully implementing the September 19th Comprehensive Military Agreement,... and by putting in our best efforts,... we hope the inter-Korean military talks achieve their goal and play a significant role in leading the denuclearization and the establishment of perpetual peace on the Korean peninsula."
General Kim also said,.. that two sides will also aim to conduct an assessment of the Comprehensive Military Agreement, signed by two defense ministers from the two Koreas last month,... and to discuss the ongoing projects related to the implementation of last month's comprehensive military agreement.
The two sides will also discuss how to form and conduct the 'Inter-Korean Joint Military Committee,'... through which the two Koreas had agreed to discuss major military issues, including large-scale military exercises, various forms of blockade, and the prohibition of reconnaissance activities.
Back to you, Mark.
Another round of high-level military talks between generals from the two Koreas has just started at the border village of Panmunjeom.
These are the third round of such general-level talks between the two Koreas this year alone.
For more, let's go live to our defense ministry correspondent Park Ji-won, who's at Seoul's Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue.
Jiwon.
Mark.
The talks have just started at Tongil-gak,.. on the North Korean side of Panmunjeom.
A five-member delegation is representing each side,... and are being led by the same generals as the last two times this year,... Major General Kim Do-gyun from the South and Lieutenant General Ahn Ik-san from the North,... both of whom are considered the same rank.
South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon spoke to the South Korean delegation here,... at the Office for the Inter-Korean Dialogue in Seoul,... before they left for Panmunjeom earlier.
Let's hear what the head of the South Korean delegation, Major General Kim told the media,... before he headed to Panmunjeom at around seven thirty a.m. this morning.
"By fully implementing the September 19th Comprehensive Military Agreement,... and by putting in our best efforts,... we hope the inter-Korean military talks achieve their goal and play a significant role in leading the denuclearization and the establishment of perpetual peace on the Korean peninsula."
General Kim also said,.. that two sides will also aim to conduct an assessment of the Comprehensive Military Agreement, signed by two defense ministers from the two Koreas last month,... and to discuss the ongoing projects related to the implementation of last month's comprehensive military agreement.
The two sides will also discuss how to form and conduct the 'Inter-Korean Joint Military Committee,'... through which the two Koreas had agreed to discuss major military issues, including large-scale military exercises, various forms of blockade, and the prohibition of reconnaissance activities.
Back to you, Mark.