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ROK, DPRK test military hotline to avoid clash
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-11 06:16

SEOUL: The militaries of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a trial of a new hotline yesterday that has been set up to help avoid accidental armed clashes along their disputed sea border, the ROK's Yonhap News Agency reported yesterday.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei announces a recess of the six-party talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 7, 2005. [Xinhua]
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei announces a recess of the six-party talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 7, 2005. [Xinhua]
In the latest round of military working-level talks, the two sides agreed to build a hotline and communication liaison offices in their respective side to prevent accidental armed clashes in the Yellow Sea.

Earlier yesterday, the two sides tested the phone connections by exchanging calls, said Yonhap.

The two liaison offices are to open tomorrow, according to Yonhap.

The two sides will operate the liaison offices 24 hours a day and communication will be made at least twice a day on a regular basis using landline telephones and a facsimile machine.

'Spirit of mutual respect'

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday praised the "spirit of mutual respect" achieved at the fourth round of the Six-Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, which went into recess on Sunday in Beijing.

He also found it encouraging that the participants were able to increase understanding and broaden areas of consensus, said a statement delivered by a UN spokesman at the noon press briefing in New York.
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