TOKYO (Sputnik) — The two countries' agreed to meet after tensions escalated in August with an exchange of cross-border fire along the Demilitarized Zone. The two-day talks held on Friday and Saturday, finished without any results.
"We hope North Korea will honor the spirit of the Aug. 25 agreement and seriously reflect on ways to improve South-North relations for the implementation [of the deal], and come forward for follow-up talks," Jeong told a press briefing as quoted by the South Korean Yonhap news agency.
The spokesman added that South Korea did not intend to return to talks before January.
Pyongyang has reportedly rejected previous Seoul proposal to meet for further talks at the beginning of this week before the previous negotiations ended.
