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Consultation Office of North-South Economic Cooperation Opens

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Kaesong, October 28 (KCNA) -- The Consultation Office of the North-South Economic Cooperation was opened at the Kaesong Industrial Zone in accordance with an agreement of the 10th meeting of the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation. The office, an organ for liaison, assistance and consultation between the authorities of both sides for promoting inter-Korean economic cooperation, will activate and realize the cooperation of economic personnel in the north and the south. An opening ceremony of the office took place at the Kaesong Industrial Zone on Friday.
    Present at the ceremony from the north side were Kim Song Il, vice-chairman of the Committee for National Economic Cooperation, Vice-Minister of Construction and Building Materials Industries Choe Yong Gon who is chairman of the north side to the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation and from the south side were Vice-Minister of Finance and Economy Pak Pyong Won who is chairman of the south side to the South-North Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation, and others.
    At the ceremony a report was followed by a congratulatory speech and a memorial speech.
    And delegates of the north and the south unveiled a hanging board of the office.