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Second North-South Defence Minister-Level Talks Open

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

   Pyongyang, November 27 (KCNA) -- The Second North-South Defence Minister-Level Talks were opened here Tuesday.
    Present at the talks were the delegation of the north side headed by Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, and the delegation of the south side with Minister of National Defence Kim Jang Su as chief delegate.
    The talks discussed the military measures to implement the "Declaration for Development of North-South Relations and Peace and Prosperity".
    The head of the north side's delegation said that it is important to have a correct understanding of the issue of the country's peace, first of all, in order to thoroughly implement the historic October 4 declaration. He went on:
    Above all, it is necessary to understand that the issue of the peace of Korea is the issue of defusing the military tensions and confrontation and removing the danger of war from A to Z.
    It is also necessary to understand that the solution of the above-said issue is the matter pending a most urgent settlement among all the issues arising in the north and the south.
    It is imperative to have a fresh understanding that this issue should be settled as required by the June 15 era of reunification.
    He clarified the principled stand of the Korean People's Army concerning the military measures for the implementation of the October 4 declaration and proposed the following ways for carrying them out:
    First, the military authorities of both sides should take practical measures to put an end to the hostile relations in the military field and ensure detente and peace.
    Second, they should take practical measures to prevent a war and sincerely honor their commitments to non-aggression.
    Third, they should cooperate with each other in the military field so that the top leaders concerned with putting an end to the ceasefire system and building a peace mechanism may declare the end of war as early as possible.
    Fourth, they should take measures to provide a military guarantee for north-south cooperation and exchange.
    The head of the north side delegation called on the military authorities of both sides to pool efforts in the spirit of "By our nation itself", looking far into the future of the nation, and thus make a great contribution to ensuring peace and military detente and improving the overall north-south relations.
    The chief delegate of the south side spoke next.
    The talks continue.