South Korea invited officials from China, Russia and Mongolia to attend the commencement ceremony of inter-Korean railway docking www.qknews.com
Overseas Network Dec. 24 - Dec. 26, the commencement ceremony of the inter-Korean railway and highway docking project will be held at Banmen Station in Kaesong, Korea. According to Yonhap News Agency on the 24th, South Koreas Unification Ministry said the ceremony was attended by eight officials from China, Russia, Mongolia and the United Nations, in addition to Zhao Mingjun, Minister of Unification, Kim Hyun-mei, Minister of Land and Transport, and Li Shanquan, Chairman of the Peaceful Reunification Commission of the Korean Motherland. Reported that the above eight overseas people attended the ceremony at the invitation of the Korean side.
Reported that, in addition to sending Zhao Mingjun and Kim Hyun-mei, the head of the ruling Common Democratic Party, Li Haijuan, and other members of the party whip, personnel responsible for inter-Korean relations and railway, highway work, and separated family members will attend.
On October 25, South Korean soldiers were on duty at the railway border in the demilitarized zone/New Zealand News Agency
It is reported that the Korean government will run nine special trains to and from Seoul Station and Panmun Station for the participants.
In addition to Li Shanquan, the DPRK delegation also attended by Fang Gangxiu, chairman of the National Economic Association Committee, Park Mingzhe, Deputy Minister of Railway, Park Haoying, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection, and Cui Binglie, chairman of the Kaicheng Peoples Committee.
DPRK and ROK personnel jointly inspect the railway/ROK Unification Ministry in DPRK
Korea and the DPRK Promote Railway and highway cooperation with a view to implementing the September Pyongyang Joint Declaration. On September 19, North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un met with South Korean President Wen Jae-in in Pyongyang and signed the declaration, reaching agreement on promoting the process of denuclearization of the peninsula, strengthening North-South exchanges and cooperation, and building the peninsula into a permanent peace zone.
The two sides held high-level talks on railway and highway cooperation on many occasions. On November 30, the DPRK and the ROK docked trains at Panmun Station, launching a joint inspection of the North Korean section of the Jingyi Railway on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula; starting on November 8, the East China Sea Railway on the east coast was inspected for a period of 10 days; on December 13, DPRK and ROK officials met at the Kaesong Industrial Park and agreed to hold a ceremony for the commencement of the North-South Railway and Highway docking and modernization project on December 26.
Source: Overseas Network Responsible Editor: Jike_b6492
Published Date:2018-12-25