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Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks Held

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

    Mt. Kumgang Resort, April 13 (KCNA) -- The 8th north-south Red Cross talks were held at Mt. Kumgang Resort from Apr. 10 through 13.
    Present there were the members of the delegation of the north side led by Choe Song Ik, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the DPRK Red Cross Society, and the members of the delegation of the south side with Jang Sok Jun, secretary general of the south Korean Red Cross as chief delegate.
    Both sides discussed the issues of energetically pushing forward Red Cross humanitarian undertakings in the basic spirit of the June 15 joint declaration.
    They reached an agreement on such issues as arranging two video meetings of separated families and relatives on the occasion of August 15 and the harvest moon day this year, arranging the 16th reunion of separated families and relatives at Mt. Kumgang Resort on the occasion of the harvest moon day, the issue of making exchanges of image letters of separated families and relatives on an experimental basis and the issue of discussing and solving the issue of confirming the whereabouts of those who went missing during and after the Korean war as part of the issue of separated families and relatives.
    They also agreed on the issue of encouraging the Red Cross organizations of the north and the south to boost cooperation in the humanitarian field.
    Both sides agreed to hold the 9th north-south Red Cross talks at Mt. Kumgang Resort late in October.