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S Korean Unification Ministry Says No Plans to Initiate Talks With North

© AFP 2023 / SAUL LOEB A North Korean flag behind the barbed wire of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZS) in the Joint Security Area near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea
A North Korean flag behind the barbed wire of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZS) in the Joint Security Area near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea - Sputnik International
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South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Jung Joon-hee said Monday Seoul has not yet considered initiatives to hold talks with Pyongyang this year.

TOKYO (Sputnik) – Jung’s short comment was cited by the Yonhap news service in response to a question whether South Korean leadership had plans to initiate dialogue with North Korea in the new year.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a new era in national reunification and improving ties with the south in a New Year’s address on Friday.

In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 photo, a pin of late North Korea leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and North Korea's flag are displayed on a North Korean reporter's jacket at the Main Media Center for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea - Sputnik International
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The South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman said Seoul had taken note of Kim’s declaration and was expecting joint efforts from Pyongyang to lay the groundwork for reunification based on mutual trust.

"The government’s position remains steadfast in [the need to] open the doors of South and North dialogue, to aspire for an era of peaceful reunification," Jung said.

In December 2015, the sides resumed talks after tensions escalated in August with an exchange of cross-border fire along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Pyongyang declared what it described a "semi-state of war" at the time.

The two-day talks finished without a breakthrough.

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