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TEHRAN, July 15 - U.S. and North Korean military officials met on the inter-Korean border on Sunday to discuss the return of remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, the first time in nine years that generals from the two sides have held talks, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The repatriation of U.S. remains was one of the agreements reached during a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June in Singapore.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unveiled the plan for talks after visiting Pyongyang this month, touting it as one of key issues on which the two sides had made progress, though the North accused his delegation of making "gangster-like" demands in connection with denuclearization during the trip.
Pompeo initially said the two sides had agreed to hold talks on U.S. remains on Thursday but no North Korea representatives showed up on the border. North Korea then proposed meeting U.S. military officials on Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials have said.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing South Korean government and U.S. military sources, said the negotiations had begun at 0100 GMT at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.
Three vehicles of U.S. forces in South Korea, flying U.N. flags, were spotted heading to the border earlier in the day, Yonhap said.
Source: Reuters
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