Seoul Accepts Pyongyang's Proposal on Dialogue
The ROK Thursday accepted a proposal by the DPRK to hold high-level political talks, but urged the DPRK to arrange the talks unconditionally.
"We view the offer positively. We urge North Korea to schedule the meeting without any conditions attached," the Unification Ministry said in a statement.
It is a new progress for the North to offer dialogue with the South in the name of high-level political talks, presidential spokesman Park Jie-won said Thursday morning.
The spokesman added that substantial development in inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation could be achieved if such positive moves by the North could be further expanded.
In a letter to the South Korean government, political parties and people from all walks of life on Wednesday through the truce village of Pamunjon, the DPRK proposed "inter-Korean high-level political talks to discuss ways of "preventing war and providing an epoch-making opportunity for national reunification."
However, Pyongyang said that for the political talks, Seoul must first renounce anti-DPRK cooperation with foreign powers, suspend joint military exercises with the United States, repeal the National Security Law and guarantee free activities of unification and patriotic organizations.
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