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Issue of Kim Dae Jung's Visit to Pyongyang Discussed

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

   Pyongyang, May 17 (KCNA) -- A working-level contact between delegates of the north and the south took place at Mt. Kumgang resort on May 16 and 17 to discuss the issue of former south Korean President Kim Dae Jung's visit to Pyongyang. Present at the contact from the north side were its delegates led by Ri Jong Hyok, vice-chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, and from the south side its delegates with Jong Se Hyon, former Minister of Unification, as its chief delegate.
    At the contact both sides clarified each other's stands related to the visit of Kim Dae Jung to Pyongyang in June, exchanged their views and discussed technical issues related to it.
    They agreed to have the next round of contact in Kaesong on May 29.