SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The two Koreas will hold high-level military talks next week for the first time in nearly two years, South Korea's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The general-level talks will be held on March 2-3 at the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border, the ministry said in a statement.
At the upcoming talks, the two Koreas will discuss ways to prevent accidental clashes off the peninsula's western coast and designating joint fishing areas, the ministry said.
The high-level military talks have been on hold since June 2004 amid the North's criticism of joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States. During a meeting of lower-level military officials earlier this month, the two sides agreed to hold general-level military talks in late February or early March. |