16 July 2018 10:11 am
US and North Korean officials have met on the inter-Korean border to discuss the return of remains of US soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has said.
The repatriation of US remains was one of the agreements reached during an unprecedented summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June in Singapore.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unveiled the plan for talks after visiting Pyongyang this month, touting it as one of the key issues on which the two sides had made progress, though the North accused his delegation of making “gangster-like” demands in connection with denuclearisation during the trip.
Mr Pompeo initially said the two sides had agreed to hold talks on US remains on Thursday but no North Korea representatives showed up on the border. North Korea then proposed meeting US military officials today, US and South Korean officials have said.
SEOUL (rt.com) July15, 2018