Koreas to discuss recovering remains of fallen soldiers, 'removing land mines' in DMZ...
yonhapnews ^ | 6/14.2018 | YonHap
Posted on 6/15/2018, 12:27:17 PM by caww
The two Koreas will discuss recovering the remains of fallen soldiers and eliminating land mines in the Dmz Zone during another round of military talks expected to take place as early as late this month.
They will also run a communication line among their naval ships in the Yellow Sea and fully restore western and eastern military communication channels, according to the agreement reached during Thursday's general-grade meeting, the first in more than a decade.
"In the follow-up military talks, (we) plan to focus on the issue of replacing the old communication line in the North and establishing a new one," an official at Seoul's defense ministry said on condition of anonymity.
"The construction work, such as installing optical cables and other equipment, would take two to three months," he added.
The official also noted that ahead of the construction work, his ministry asked the foreign ministry to check if installing such communication equipment would run afoul of international sanctions against the North.
"Should it be seen as infrastructure construction, it could be seen as an exception (from the sanctions)," he said.
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