MOSCOW, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - South and North Korea have concluded the first high-level military talks between the two countries in seven years, though no agreement was reached on a number of issues, including the latest violations of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), Yonhap News reported Wednesday.
"The two Koreas held the closed-door contact involving military officials from 10 a.m. at the truce village of Panmunjom after North Korea proposed the meeting to discuss the recent exchange of fire between their patrol boats in the Yellow Sea," Yonhap News quoted South Korean Defense Minister Kim Min-seok as saying.
The Northern Limit Line (NLL) acts as a disputed maritime demarcation line between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea. The line was drawn in 1953 by the United Nations following the end of the Korean War. It was then decided that the line should be defended by South Korea. North Korea, however, did not agree to the demarcation of the line.
Fire was exchanged last week between North and South Korea after South Korean activists sent balloons over the border to North Korea carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets.
Despite failing to land an agreement, Seoul has offered North Korea the opportunity to hold another round of bilateral high-level talks on October 30 in Panmunjom, which is the truce village between North and South Korea, Yonhap News reported later on Wednesday.
Pyongyang has not yet responded to South Korea's offer, according to Yonhap News.
