The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea today began the seventh round of talks about the reopening of the joint Kaesong industrial complex, located in a town with the same name near Parallel 38.
Since last April, Pyongyang and Seoul’s government delegations have tried unsuccessfully to hold talks about the reopening of Kaesong industrial complex, which has 123 South Korean companies.
The industrial zone has been closed since the DPRK took that temporal decision in early April in protest to the joint military maneuvers between South Korea and the U.S. and which Pyongyang considered as the test of a potential nuclear strike against North Korea.
The inter-Korean park, established late 2004, is jointly managed by the DPRK and South Korea.
The Korean peninsula crisis caused many concerns in the region due to war threats and repeated calls to peace and good sense.
Russia Salutes Distension Climate in Korean Peninsula
Russian special ambassador Grigori Logvinov saluted today as a positive sign the climate of distension and the agreement between Pyongyang and Seoul to reopen the industrial complex of Kaesong. Logvinov pondered the result of talks to improve bilateral relations and described it as favorable step to stability and to cease tensions in the region.
Last March, the Korean peninsula was an epicenter of a dangerous confrontation escalation between both Koreas, after the increased military presence of the United States and the large scale exercises with Seoul armed forces.
“We observe a positive dynamic in the improvement of the situation there if we compare this moment with the period of March and April,” said the diplomat.
According to the Russian representative in the six-way talks for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, there is a definite tendency to search for negotiable solutions, while he called on the parts to find resources so that “those positive moments become stable”, he stressed.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea agreed this Wednesday to resume work in the Kaesong industrial complex, located in North Korea, closed in April, amidst strong tensions.
Coincidentally, there were consultations in Moscow between Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and Special South Korean representative Cho Tae-yong on the perspective of resuming six-way conversations for the denuclearization of the peninsula.
The parts, according to a press release of the Foreign Ministry, ratified the need to continue working to this end in order to reach a political and diplomatic agreement in line with the declaration signed on September 19, 2005.
The six-way talks are formed by China, DPRK, South Korea, the United States, Japan and Russia.
Via PL