South Korean War veterans march during a rally against the planned two Koreas summit on Korea's Liberation Day in Seoul, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on Wednesday vowed that his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will facilitate the six-nation talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. The Korean letters read ' Opposed North Korea's nuclear program'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
S.Korea Puts off Military Drills for Summit
Seoul, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) A South Korean military exercise slated for late August was postponed to create a good atmosphere of the next Inter-Korean Summit in Pyongyang, sources from the Foreign Affairs Ministry reported Monday.
The South Korean and US combined command will go on with the military drills Ulchi Focus Lens, to be run on August 20-31 attended by over 10,000 Pentagon soldiers.
Meanwhile, delegation from Seoul and Pyongyang will examine Tuesday the agenda and details of the August 28-30 Summit in that capital.
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Nam Shik told press in Seoul that "the People's Democratic Republic of Korea aims to hold tomorrow the first working negotiations round in Kaesong and the South Korean part accepted the proposal."
Pyongyang and Seoul announced last week the second top-level Inter-Korean Summit between South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, first encounter of this kind in the last seven years.
The historic summit held in June 2000 between entre Kim Jong Il and Kim Dae Jung began a process of reconciliation between the North and South of the Korean peninsula.
In the August meeting, both presidents will analyze denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, inter-Korean peace, control of weapons, trans-bordering economic cooperation, transportation, communication and media, among other protocol and security affairs.
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