Two Koreas Set For Talks On Bilateral Economic Projects

South Korea said Monday it will launch a series of working-level talks with North Korea this week on bilateral economic projects in order to follow up on the April 27 agreement between their leaders.

SEOUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Jun, 2018 ) :South Korea said Monday it will launch a series of working-level talks with North Korea this week on bilateral economic projects in order to follow up on the April 27 agreement between their leaders.

The two sides plan to have a meeting on linking and modernizing cross-border railways on Tuesday at Peace House, a South Korean administrative building at Panmunjom, according to the Ministry of Unification.

The South plans to send a three-member delegation led by Vice Transport Minister Kim Jeong-ryeol. His counterpart will be Vice Railroad Minister Kim Yun-hyok.

The two Koreas are also set for separate talks on road-related cooperation at Tongilgak, a Panmunjom pavilion on the northern side, on Thursday, in which the South will be represented by Kim.

The North's top delegate will be Pak Yong-ho, vice minister for environmental protection.

An inter-Korean meeting on forestry cooperation is to take place next Wednesday but its venue has not been decided yet, the ministry said.

Ryu Kwang-soo, vice minister of the Korea Forest Service, will lead the South's negotiating team and the North will be represented by Kim Song-jun, senior official at the ministry of environmental protection.

"Through the sub-committee meetings on railway, road and forestry cooperation, (we) will faithfully discuss ways to implement the Panmunjom Declaration with a view to laying the groundwork for the sustainable development of South-North relations and the establishment of lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula," the ministry said.