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Inter-Korean working contact made

KCNA

    Mt. Kumgang, July 6 (KCNA) -- A working contact between the University Students' Sports Association of the north side and the South Side's Organizing Committee for the 22nd Universiad to be held in Taegu took place at Mt. Kumgang resort from July 4 to 6 to discuss the issue of the north side's participation in the games. Present there were a delegation of the north side led by Jang Jong Nam, vice-chairman of the University Students Sports Association and a delegation of the south side headed by Ha Jin Gyu, secretary general of the Organizing Committee for the Universiad.
    At the contact, both sides had a wide-range discussion on all technical issues related to the participation of the north side's sports team and supporters' group in the games and published a relevant agreement.
    According to the agreement, the north side will send an about 200-member sports team including sportspersons, officials and referees, an about 310-member supporters' group and a 19-member press corps to the games and its sports team and supporters' group will fly direct to Taegu and return by an airliner of the north side.
    The teams of the two sides will march together at the opening and closing ceremonies with a Korean peninsula flag in the van and follow the precedent established during the 14th Pusan Asian Games as regards the designation and uniforms of the sports teams.
    The north and south sports teams will separately compete in games and their own flags will be hoisted and the song of the International University Sports Federation played at prize-awarding ceremonies.
    The two sides will let their respective delegates or delegations participate in meetings to be held during the games.
    It was pointed out in the agreement that Korean peninsula flags will be used during the joint entry of the north and south teams into the stadium and the matches between them and the south side will hoist the flag of the DPRK and use its name according to international practice and the rules of the international university sports games.
    It is also noted in the agreement that both sides will have detailed consultations and agree on specific technical procedural matters related to the participation of the north side's sports team and supporters' group in the games by way of exchanging documents through a Panmunjom channel.