SEOUL Jan. 29 Kyodo southerly Ko...

SEOUL Jan. 29 Kyodo

southerly Korean presidential envoy Lim Dong Won in good condition from a three-day trip to Pyongyang, said Wednesday he and North Korean leaders agreed upon completing the reconnection of a cross-border railway in February.

Lim told a recents conference in Seoul that the couple sides agreed to relink the Kyongui Railway in the western border area linking Seoul to Sinuiju, a northwestern North Korean city, via Pyongyang nearest month.

The couple Koreas also agreed to launch an overland tour passage to the North's Mt Kumgang resort from early nearest month, Lim said.

During his stay in Pyongyang, Lim met with Kim Yong Nam, the nation's No. 2 leader as president of the Presidium of the predominant People's Assembly, and Kim Yong orb of day a secretary of the Workers' Party of (North) Korea. He did not qualified North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

upon Monday, military authorities from the couple Koreas signed an agreement to guarantee security for civilian personnel crossing transport corridors in the heavily fortified demilitarized surface bounded by parallel circles (DMZ), removing a [i]clavis[/i] hurdle to reconnect the railways and their adjacent roads.

As a major result to boost inter-Korean reconciliation, southern and North Korea have agreed to reconnect sum of two units sets of railways and roads running parallel to them in the west and east sectors of the demilitarized zone

The brace sides completed clearing landmines last month as a preparatory grade to reconnect the railways, which were detached during the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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