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Telephone notification received from North Korea suggesting delay of working-level meetings in Gaeseong to early April

ROK Ministry of Unification

2004-03-24

March 22, 2004

Ministry of Unification

o North Korea has sent telephone notification issued under the name of Choi Young-gun, chairman of the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee, suggesting that the 4th Working-level Consultative Meeting on Railroads and Roads, and the 3rd Working-level Consultative Meeting on Prevention of Flooding in the Imjin River Basin in Gaeseong, which were scheduled to be held March 24-26 (three days), be delayed to early April.

o In the notification, North Korea

 - claimed that it cannot hold the meetings in a situation where South Korea is conducting the Foal Eagle joint military training exercise and combined war-time reinforcement training exercise.



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