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Inter-Korean ministerial talks open

KCNA

    Seoul, July 10 (KCNA correspondent) -- The 11th inter-Korean ministerial talks opened in Seoul on July 10. Present there from the north side were members of its delegation headed by chief councillor of the DPRK cabinet Kim Ryong Song and suite members and from the south side members of its delegation headed by chief delegate Jong Se Hyon, Minister of Unification, and suite members.
    At the talks the head of the north side and the chief delegate of the south side made keynote speeches.
    The head of the north side said the common cause of the north and the south for reconciliation, cooperation, peace and reunification is facing an unprecedentedly grave challenge of foreign forces, adding that the Korean peninsula is standing at the crossroads of war or peace. He went on:
    The north and the south should face up to this grave situation and approach it in a responsible manner. But the South Korean military is advocating again the "theory of principal enemy", inciting confrontation between fellow countrymen.
    Such a dangerous action only helps the U.S. in its moves to ignite a new war on the Korean peninsula and forces the Koreans to fall victim to it.
    He proposed the following series of measures to be taken by the north and the south to avert the danger of a war created by the U.S., protect the peace of the country and promote inter-Korean process of reconciliation through national cooperation.
    Firstly, the north and the south should take the measure of jointly confirming their will to avert the danger of a war on the Korean peninsula and protect the wellbeing of the nation and ensure peace on it.
    Secondly, the north and the south should refrain from getting involved in any act which may lead the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of a war, true to the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration, and counter such act through national cooperation.
    Thirdly, the north and the south should take the measure of simultaneously totally halting the TV broadcasting toward the north and the south, loudspeaker broadcasting in the forefront areas and all other broadcasting slandering the other side from august 15, 2003.
    Fourthly, the authorities of the north and the south should actively cooperate with each other in the efforts to make non-governmental organizations-sponsored functions to mark August 15 liberation day a grand festival demonstrating the nation's will for peace and reunification against war.
    Fifthly, the north and the south should cooperate with each other in the efforts to let their red cross organizations arrange the 8th reunion of separated families and relatives at Mt. Kumgang resort and hold a ground-breaking ceremony of a reunion center on the occasion of upcoming Hangawi (harvest moon day), a folk holiday. the talks continue.