Seoul Proposes Pyongyang to Move North Korean Artillery away from Border

TEHRAN (Defapress)-The two states held talks on Thursday between high-ranking military officials within the framework of the agreements reached on April 27 between the leaders of the two Koreas, the Yonhap news agency reported citing government sources.

According to the media outlet on Sunday, during the meeting the South Korean side made a number of proposals including the relocation of the North Korean artillery to the positions located up to 40 kilometers (some 25 miles) from the line dividing the two Korean states.

The situation on the Korean Peninsula has been significantly improving within last several months with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in having held their first meeting in late April.

During the meeting, the sides signed the Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula. The document committed the two countries to a nuclear-free peninsula and talks to bring a formal end to the Korean War.

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