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7th Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks Held

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

Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks took place at Mt. Kumgang resort from Feb. 21 to 23. Present at the talks were the members of a delegation of the north side headed by Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the DPRK Red Cross Society Choe Song Ik and the members of a delegation of the south side with Secretary General of the south Korean Red Cross Jang Sok Jun as its chief delegate. At the talks both sides adopted an agreement after having an exhaustive discussion on issues of positively promoting the inter-Korean reconciliation, cooperation and humanitarian work of the Red Cross in the spirit of "By our nation itself." According to the agreement, the north and the south decided to arrange a special reunion of separated families and relatives at Mt. Kumgang resort with 200 persons each from the north and the south involved in the program on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration and organize their special video meeting with 60 families each from the two parts involved in the event on the occasion of June 15 and the August 15 Liberation Day of Korea. They also agreed to further the consultation about conducting a wide-range work for confirming the whereabouts of separated families and relatives and include the issue of confirming the whereabouts of those reported missing during and after the Korean war in the matter of separated families and relatives and consult and settle it.
    The north and the south decided to open the 8th Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks around the coming June at Mt. Kumgang resort.