Four S. Korean ministers to visit Baengnyeongdo and Yeonpyeongdo to discuss peace zone in West Sea
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The ministers of foreign affairs, unification, as well as defense and fisheries,... will visit the islands of Baengnyeongdo... and Yeonpyeongdo... this weekend.
There the officials will meet the residents and to gather opinions about turning the areas near,... a maritime demarcation line dividing the two Koreas,... into a peace zone,.... in accordance with the Panmunjom Declaration.
Park Ji-won has the full story.
It will be the first time that South Korea's heads of the foreign affairs, unification, defense and fisheries ministries,... all visit Baengnyeongdo Island and Yeonpyeongdo Island,... located just south of the Northern Limit Line,... a de-facto maritime demarcation line in the West Sea between South and North Korea.
The line was drawn in 1953 after the Korean War,... and had been respected by both Koreas,... until North Korea claimed a new maritime border back in 1999.
South Korea's defense ministry officials said Friday that the four ministers plan to visit both islands on Saturday,... to meet the residents of the islands and to listen to their opinions about the part of the Panmunjom Declaration,... in which both Koreas agreed to devise a practical scheme to turn the areas around the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea into a maritime peace zone,... in order to prevent accidental military clashes and guarantee safe fishing activities.
The defense ministry also plans to discuss ways to establish a peace zone,... near the northern limit line,.... in the West Sea during inter-Korean military talks,... including the general-level talks slated for later this month.
The areas near the northern limit line in the West Sea have been a powder keg in inter-Korean relations--- the First Battle of Yeonpyeong in 1999, the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong in 2002,... the Battle of Daecheong in 2009,... and the South Korean warship Cheonan's sinking in 2010 by a North Korean torpedo attack all took place in the region.
Meanwhile,... South Korea's defense ministry has organized a task force,...led by defense minister Song Young-moo,... and made up of key defense ministry officials and the Joint Chiefs of Staff,... as well as defense experts,... to effectively carry out the Panmunjom Declaration.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.
The ministers of foreign affairs, unification, as well as defense and fisheries,... will visit the islands of Baengnyeongdo... and Yeonpyeongdo... this weekend.
There the officials will meet the residents and to gather opinions about turning the areas near,... a maritime demarcation line dividing the two Koreas,... into a peace zone,.... in accordance with the Panmunjom Declaration.
Park Ji-won has the full story.
It will be the first time that South Korea's heads of the foreign affairs, unification, defense and fisheries ministries,... all visit Baengnyeongdo Island and Yeonpyeongdo Island,... located just south of the Northern Limit Line,... a de-facto maritime demarcation line in the West Sea between South and North Korea.
The line was drawn in 1953 after the Korean War,... and had been respected by both Koreas,... until North Korea claimed a new maritime border back in 1999.
South Korea's defense ministry officials said Friday that the four ministers plan to visit both islands on Saturday,... to meet the residents of the islands and to listen to their opinions about the part of the Panmunjom Declaration,... in which both Koreas agreed to devise a practical scheme to turn the areas around the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea into a maritime peace zone,... in order to prevent accidental military clashes and guarantee safe fishing activities.
The defense ministry also plans to discuss ways to establish a peace zone,... near the northern limit line,.... in the West Sea during inter-Korean military talks,... including the general-level talks slated for later this month.
The areas near the northern limit line in the West Sea have been a powder keg in inter-Korean relations--- the First Battle of Yeonpyeong in 1999, the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong in 2002,... the Battle of Daecheong in 2009,... and the South Korean warship Cheonan's sinking in 2010 by a North Korean torpedo attack all took place in the region.
Meanwhile,... South Korea's defense ministry has organized a task force,...led by defense minister Song Young-moo,... and made up of key defense ministry officials and the Joint Chiefs of Staff,... as well as defense experts,... to effectively carry out the Panmunjom Declaration.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.