Korea's Reunification Irreversible, Says DPRK Official

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Korea's Reunification Irreversible, Says DPRK Official

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National reunification is irreversible as long as the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration is strictly followed, said a senior DPRK official at the eighth inter-Korean ministerial talks that kicked off in Pyongyang Sunday.

Great progress has been made in inter-Korean cooperation, unityand reconciliation since the adoption of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration signed in 2000, Kim Ryong Song, chief delegate of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said in his keynote speech released by the Korean Central News Agency.

The cooperation between Pyongyang and Seoul has been in full swing in the past two months, Kim said, reminding the ground-breaking ceremony for the inter-Korean railways, DPRK's participation in the 14th Asian Games in Pusan and the National Reunification Meeting in Seoul.

South Korean chief delegate, Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyonsaid the past two months have witnessed many great things in national history.

The atmosphere of Sunday's meeting is " heavy and serious," said South Korea's spokesman for the talks Rhee Bong-jo, cited by South Korean national news agency Yonhap News.

During the first session at Pyongyang's People's Culture Palace,the South Korean delegation raised the issue of nuclear weapons inthe DPRK and expressed Seoul's stand on this issue, said Rhee.

The South Korean delegation arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday, and it will stay there until Tuesday.

Further talks will focus on issues of inter-Korean economic cooperation, railway links on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula and arrangement of reunions of separated families, according to informed sources in Pyongyang.

The eighth inter-Korean meeting was fixed at the seventh ministerial talks on Aug. 12-14 in Seoul, which reached a ten-point agreement including Pyongyang's participation in the 14th Asian Games and inter-Korean railway links.

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