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Seoul Calls on Pyongyang to Renew Bilateral Talks to Defuse Tensions
Seoul Calls on Pyongyang to Renew Bilateral Talks to Defuse Tensions
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Seoul calls on Pyongyang to continue bilateral talks at a ministerial level to defuse border tensions and work out humanitarian issues, the South Korean... 14.12.2015, Sputnik International
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Seoul Calls on Pyongyang to Renew Bilateral Talks to Defuse Tensions
05:28 GMT 14.12.2015 (Updated: 05:43 GMT 14.12.2015) Seoul calls on Pyongyang to continue bilateral talks at a ministerial level to defuse border tensions and work out humanitarian issues, the South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon-hee said Monday.
TOKYO (Sputnik) — The two countries' agreed to meet after tensions escalated in August with an exchange of cross-border fire along the Demilitarized Zone. The two-day talks held on Friday and Saturday, finished without any results.
12 December 2015, 10:34 GMT
"We hope North Korea will honor the spirit of the Aug. 25 agreement and seriously reflect on ways to improve South-North relations for the implementation [of the deal], and come forward for follow-up talks," Jeong told a press briefing as quoted by the South Korean Yonhap news agency.
The spokesman added that South Korea did not intend to return to talks before January.
Pyongyang has reportedly rejected previous Seoul proposal to meet for further talks at the beginning of this week before the previous negotiations ended.
