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Koreas to install hot line between defence ministers
SEOUL Sept 17 North and South Koresaagreed Thursday to install a W|M km between their dclen»e*1ffini*ter» within 50 days, the first concrete step between the two nation* armies to ease decades of ten slon*. report* AP
The agreement to install a hot line and to activate com mltlees to implement a historic peace pact came at a meeting of the two side* prime ministers in North Korea • capita) l\ongyang
The Prime Ministers foiled to reconcile substantial differ ences on nuclear inspection*, reunion* of divided families and other issues. South Korean pool reports aald
But the agreement* reached allowed both aide* to claim progress in the eight round of the prime ministers talks, the highest channel of dialogue between the rival Koreas since partition In 1945
It is great progress, on the road to unification." North Korean Premier Yon Hyong
Muk said at the signing, according to pool report*.
The hot fine la symbolic in that It will be the first official communication* link between two nations that have remained hostile and technically at war for four decade* The border betweed them remain* tightly seated and there Is no mall, telephone service or travel between the two sides.
The only telephone link ha* been between the Red Cross office* of the two sides
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Won»hlk. who said earlier that activating the committees wa* only a "second-best solution.' called the results significant
"From now on both side* should make effort* to faith fully Implement agreement* to advance national unification.' Chung reportedly said
The accord* activate Joint committee* to dtacua* eco nomic exchanges and political and military Issues a* a step
toward implementing a historic pact on reconciliation adopted In February
The committees are to start meeting In November at the border village of Panmunjom. A ninth round of prime ministers talks Is scheduled Dec 21-24 In Seoul, the reports said
Worries over suspected North Korean nuclear weapons development remain, the reports Mid South Korea has ■aid there will be no major progress In Inter-Korean rela tlons until nuclear issues are resolved.
Differences to be debated In committee sessions are far reaching and will not be easy to resolve, said South Korean pool reports and officials In Seoul
These Include North Korean demands that South Korea abolish a national vru rity law that bar* inter Korean contact without government approval, and demands to limit
pres* coverage and to ban third party agreement* such as sanctions. against the other ■ide
The two aide* also disagree over limitations on arms buildup* along their heavily fortified border, the use of air or sea blockades and whether to a. tow military reconnais
A separate nuclear ban treaty was adopted In February Despite dozens of working level meetings, the two sides have failed to agree on guide lines for mutual Inter-Korean nuefear Inspections outlined In the treaty
The nuclear Issue is the most divisive between the longtime rival Koreas and has blocked progress on other Issues. The United States. Japan and other major powers have backed the South s demand for more thorough Inspections than those begun this year by the International Atomic Energy Agency