Press Release ending the 13th Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks - Seoul ( February 06, 2004 )
2004-02-09
Text of the Joint Press Release Issued after the 13th Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks.
The 13th South-North Korean Ministerial Meeting was held in Seoul February 3-6, 2004.
Pursuant to the basic spirit of the June 15, 2000 South-North Joint Declaration, the two sides seriously discussed prosperity of the Korean people and all problems to make substantive progress in South-North relations and agreed on the following points:
1. The South and the North will cooperate for a fruitful second round of the six-party talks (on North Korea's nuclear program) and for a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue.
2. The South and the North will hold a military authorities' meeting at an early date to ease military tensions on the Korean peninsula.
3. The South and the North will promote in earnest the first-phase development of one million pyeong (3.3 million square meters) in the Gaeseong Industrial Complex at an early date and positively cooperate in developing a 10,000 pyeong (33,000 square meters) as a demonstration complex during the first half of this year.
4. The South and the North will continue discussions on the flood prevention project along Imjin River, the effectuation of the shipping agreement, the cessation of target broadcasts against each other and other problems each may raise.
5. The South and the North will implement the ninth round reunion of separated families at the end of March 2004 in Mt. Geumgang.
6. The South and the North will hold the 14th South-North Ministerial Meeting May 4-7, 2004, in Pyongyang.
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