Seoul sources stated that South and North Korea have agreed to hold high-level inter-Korea talks on May 16, confirmed South Korea’s Unification Ministry. Several media reports quoted the Unification Ministry, as saying, in a statement that “The South and North will hold a high-level inter-Korea meeting on May 16 in the Peace House in Panmunjom, to discuss the implementation of ‘Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity, and Unification of the Korean Peninsula’.
Meanwhile the two sides are likely to discuss measures related to the implementation of agreements reached at the intra-Korean summit in April and accordingly the meet is scheduled at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the world’s most heavily guarded border, separating the two countries.
Moreover as per report Wednesday’s inter-Korea talks will see North Korea send a 29 member delegation led by Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the ‘Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the country’. Further from South Korea, Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon will lead a team of five and moreover the ceremony for the dismantling of the facility has been scheduled between May 23-25.