Third North-South Red Cross Working Contact held
Mt. Kumgang, January 22 (KCNA) -- The third North-South Red Cross Working Contact took place at Mt. Kumgang Resort from Jan. 20 to 22. At the contact both sides discussed such humanitarian issues as the issue of setting up a meeting place in Mt. Kumgang and the issue of the sixth reunion of separated families and their relatives and published the following agreement:A meeting place of separated families and their relatives shall be set up in the area in front of Jopho village in Onjog-ri, Kosong county, Kangwon Province and a design for its construction be made jointly by the north and the south.
The plottage and workforce for its construction shall be provided by the north side and its material and equipment by the south side.
The construction of the meeting place shall be completed within one year and its ground-breaking ceremony be held jointly by the north and the south on the spot within April.
The sixth reunion of separated families and their relatives shall take place at Mt. Kumgang Resort between Feb. 20 and 25.
Technical issues such as the scope of the reunion and its procedures shall be solved according to precedent.
The north and the south shall continue to arrange the reunion of separated families and their relatives under an agreement even before the construction of the meeting place is completed.
The issue of missing persons during the Korean War, the issues of confirming the whereabouts of separated families and their relatives and expanding their correspondence and pushing ahead with this work and other issues shall be discussed and settled after the sixth reunion of separated families and their relatives and the ground-breaking ceremony.
The fourth north-south red cross working contact shall be held at Mt. Kumgang Resort in late April.
