North Korea has offered a working-level meeting with South Korea in late May or early June in preparation for proposed military talks between the two nations.
 
The North’s Pyongyang Broadcasting Station reported that the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces under the North’s National Defense Commission sent a notice to South Korea’s military authorities on Saturday to make the proposal.
 
An official at the South Korea Defense Ministry said that they received the message sent by the North through a military communications line in the Yellow Sea.
 
In the notice, the North proposed to hold working-level contact in order to hold inter-Korean military talks at a convenient venue and date between late May and early June with the aim of easing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and create a trustworthy atmosphere between the two sides.
 
The North added that organizing the meetings are a critical issue to ease tensions on the peninsula and prevent a second Korean War.
 
The notice also said that the military authorities of the two Koreas should have straightforward discussions on current issues related to possible military conflicts as well as need to agree upon and enforce institutional and legal measures mandatory to taking realistic actions for military trust between the two sides.