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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea and South Korea held military talks at their border on Friday to discuss the implementation of a far-reaching military agreement last month to reduce the tensions.
Major-General Kim Do-gyun of South Korea before the Panmunjom meeting said the talks will include the creation of a joint military committee to maintain communication and to avoid crises and accidental clashes. The planned committee is one of many inter-Korean commitments set out in the military agreement reached on the sidelines of a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. last month in Pyongyang.
The talks came one day after Korea and the US-led US command had completed withdrawing their firearms and troops from a jointly controlled area in the border village. The Koreas have also cleared mines on the front lines and plan to conduct their first joint search to find the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.
South Korea confirmed Thursday that its soldiers had discovered the war in a different front zone.
The Koreas have also agreed to create buffer zones along their land and sea borders, as well as a no-fly zone over the border, and to remove 11 guard posts before the month of December.
Moon described the military agreement as an important step in establishing a climate of trust that will reduce border tensions and create more space for broader negotiations conducted by the United States for the denuclearization of the North.
Some experts argue that the South risks losing its conventional military force before the North takes concrete steps to give up its nuclear weapons.
