The Prime Minister of South Korea invited the DPRK to resume the meetings of separated families
While Lee NAK-Yeon said that the policy of Seoul is not different from the position of the world community, advocating for pressure on Pyongyang.
SEOUL, July 3. /TASS/. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee NAK Yeon proposed the DPRK to hold a new meeting of separated families of South and North. He declared it today in interview to TV channel KBS.
A meeting would be desirable during the celebration of the 72th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule or the autumn harvest festival and commemoration of the ancestors Chuseok.If NAK Aspremier-Minister of South Korea
The current state of inter-Korean relations he likened to a river which “flows under the ice”.
Lee NAK-Yong stated that North Korea policy of Seoul is not different from the position of the world community, advocating for pressure on Pyongyang. “However, to stop efforts at dialogue impossible”, — he stressed.
After the first-ever inter-Korean summit in 2000, Pyongyang and Seoul conducted 19 rounds of meetings with relatives. During this time, to see their loved ones were able to almost 19 thousand people.
The inhabitants are divided into North and South Korea are not able to visit each other’s homes, to write letters, make phone calls or to communicate via the Internet.
More than 68 thousand South Koreans have relatives in North Korea, and many of them saw relatives there since 1953. The last time the meeting of separated families was held in February 2014. Participants in this round was chosen randomly by lottery.