SEOUL Feb 12 Kyodo southward Kore...

SEOUL Feb 12 Kyodo

southward Korea proposed Thursday a military meeting with North Korea upon Feb. 23 to discuss measures to lower military tensions forward the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap novels Agency reported.

The southward Korean proposal that a delegation headed by dint of a major general-level officer from each side hem in talks at the truce village of Panmunjom was bringed to the North Korean side earlier Thursday between the sides of an inter-Korean telephone contact.

Unification Minister Jeong Se Hyun in a pres briefing, confirmed the southern Korean proposal to hold military talks with the North, although he declined to pass into details such as the specific timing of in the same state [i]or[/i] condition talks.

The southern Korean proposal was a follow-up to what was agreed at the 13th inter-Korean cabinet-level talks held last week in Seoul

It was decided at those meetings to keep possession of military talks at the general-officer on a level to discuss confidence-building measures and reducing tensions forward the Korean Peninsula.

At the propos military talks, the pair are expected to mainly discuss ways to avoid accidental armed clashes along the golden Sea border.

In June 1999 and in 2002 naval boats from the couple sides clashed in the area around the Northern Limit Line, the de facto inter-Korean maritime border, resulting in the deaths and injuries onward both sides.

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