The Joint Press Statement of the 18th Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks
The South and the North agreed to take practical measures to recognize and respect each other’s ideologies and systems in line with the basic spirit of the June 15 Inter-Korean Joint Declaration so as to promote national reconciliation and trust.
The South and the North shared a common understanding that they should take practical measures in order to ease military tension and secure peace on the Korean peninsula, and agreed to work together for the implementation of those issues.
The South and the North agreed to continue their endeavors for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, and actively cooperate with each other to implement the September 19 Joint Statement at an earliest possible date for the peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue in conformity with national benefits and co-safety.
The South and the North agreed to make efforts for the national unity, and conduct a national event in a meaningful way through the participation of their government-level delegations to the Grand National Festival for Unification which will take place in a South Korean area in commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the June 15 Inter-Korean Joint Declaration.
The South and the North agreed to carry out cooperation in an economic field which can significantly contribute to national co-prosperity.
Both sides, under the firm understanding of recognizing inter-Korean economic cooperation as an internal cooperative project within one nation, as well as a project for co-prosperity, agreed to take practical measures for the active facilitation of investments and cooperation in terms of regions, economic sectors and scale in a mutually benefiting way.
In this regard, both sides agreed to hold the 12th Meeting of the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee in this May in order to discuss issues of extracting construction materials at the estuary of the Han River and jointly developing national resources, and consult over issues such as the operation of trains on a trial basis, the opening of railways and roads, the construction of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, as well as the cooperation for the development of light industries and underground resources.
The South and the North agreed to work together to actually resolve issues of those whose whereabouts and fates have been unknown during and after the Korean War.
The South and the North agreed to promote cooperative projects in such various fields as the prevention of natural disasters, health care, and the preservation of cultural assets.
The South and the North agreed to hold the 19th Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks in Busan from July 11 to 14, 2006.
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