SEOUL Jan. 24 Kyodo southerly Ko...

SEOUL Jan. 24 Kyodo

southerly Korea and North Korea agreed in Pyongyang onward Thursday to make efforts to reconnect brace railway and roadway routes across the demilitarized clime as early as possible, according to southern Korean press reports.

The accord came after a series of meetings between southward Korean and North Korean officials involved in the inter-Korea exhibit to reconnect the Kyongui line forward the western side of the Korean Peninsula and the Tonghae line upon the east.

southern Korea, which wants the Kyongui line reconnect first, urg the North out and out the Kyongui line project nearest month, South Korean pres reports said. The Kyongui line had been scheduled to be reconnect last year.

The brace sides agreed last August to reconnect the couple railways and build parallel roads in the western and eastern parts of the Korean Peninsula.

In the series of meetings Thursday, North Korea promised to spe up the work upon the Kyongui line while proposing to reconnect the Tonghae line and the Kyongui line at the same time, southerly Korean press reports said.

The working-level talks, which began Wednesday, are scheduled to determine Friday.

The brace sides also agreed on Thursday that toward the south Korea would provide construction materials and equipment to North Korea to help the North Koreans build the temporary roads and lay rail tracks.

The pair sides also discussed drawing up guidelines forward how to operate the trains one time the railroads are in operation.

Although the couple Koreas have finished demining in the demilitarized clime land surveys and construction of transportation corridors for the railways and parallel roads, the frame has been hampered on disputes between the North Korean military and the US-l United Nations Command from one side of to the other the passage of civilians.

toward the south Korea requested North Korea's cooperation in this issue and said without solving the question the two sides cannot start building the temporary roads.

southerly Korean officials also reiterated that southerly Korea objects North Korea's nuclear program and urg their North Korean colleagues to alienate their position to the North Korean leadership.

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