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Inter-Korean talks 'productive'
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NORTH and South Korea said they held a productive round of
talks yesterday on key projects, including reunions for family
members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.“It’s going well,”
said Kim Ryong Song, the chief North Korean delegate, after a
morning meeting that lasted an hour and 20 minutes.Rhee
Bong-jo, a spokesman for the South Korean delegation, said the
meeting took place “in a good atmosphere as both sides engaged
in substantive discussions, rather than arguments.”South
Korean officials said the agenda included sports exchanges,
the construction of a cross-border railway and another round
of reunions for separated family members.The two sides were to
issue a joint statement outlining their discussions before
concluding the three-day talks today.As part of a summit
accord in 2000, the Koreas started work on reconnecting a
railway across their border and have staged four rounds of
reunions for thousands of separated family members.Relations
deteriorated in January following President Bush’s branding of
North Korea as part of “an axis of evil,” and a naval skirmish
in June between the two Koreas.(SD-Agencies)
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