Inter-Korean talks for cooperation in forestry took place at the north-south joint liaison office on October 22 under the agreement at inter-Korean high-level talks for implementing the historic “September Pyongyang Joint Declaration”.
Present there were the north side’s delegation led by Kim Song Jun, vice director-general of the General Bureau of Forest under the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection, and the south side’s delegation with Pak Jong Ho, vice-director of the Forestry Administration, as chief delegate.
At the talks both sides discussed practical issues and step-by-step measures for promoting inter-Korean cooperation in forestry and adopted a joint press release.
