Korean Peninsula Diplomacy: Talks held to check progress in implementing military agreement
Updated 10:55, 30-Oct-2018
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To the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang and Seoul are now one step closer to creating what they call a "peace zone" along their border. This comes as the two sides held new military talks, as a follow-up to the last leaders' summit. Our correspondent Jack Barton has more from Seoul.
JACK BARTON SEOUL "The general level military talks were held in the Tongilgak building with is in the Joint Security Area on the northern side of the Demilitarized Zone. The latest inter-Korean military talks were held to check progress in implementing aspects of a military agreement signed after the third summit between President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang last month, which included an agreement to halt all hostile acts against each other on land, sea and air from the First of November as well as applying new procedures for military operations, which could include a no-fly zone over and near the DMZ as well as potentially withdrawing warships from disputed waters on both coasts in order to create what Seoul and Pyongyang are calling a "peace zone". The U.S. is reportedly opposing the plan for a no-fly zone and the issue could serve to widen a perceived growing divide between Washington and Seoul on how to achieve denuclearization. On Friday both militaries also agreed to withdraw 11 border guard posts each by the end of the month and to verify their removal in December. The delegations also agreed that a joint military committee tasked with enforcing last month's agreement should be established as soon as possible. Both sides also discussed research access to the Han River Estuary which stretches all the way to Seoul, but which has been off limits for half a century to civilians due to fears of infiltration. Jack Barton, CGTN, Seoul."