October 17, 2018. Excerpt from Opening Statement of the Party’s Supreme Council Meeting

"It is meaningful that it was the very first participation of UNC in discussion of demilitarization of JSA“

□ Party Chairperson Lee Hae-Chan

  At the inter-Korea high-level talks yesterday, we heard the news that the ceremony for linking the inter-Korean railway and road was agreed to start toward the end of November or in early December. In order to demilitarize the Joint Security Area of Panmunjeom, the three-party consultation with the two Koreas and the UNC has been in operation for the first time and the future consultation is being implemented well. It is meaningful that this is the first time the United Nations Command took part. I hope that the two Koreas and the United Nations Command will discuss this well together. Moon Hee-sang, Chairman of the National Assembly, is attending the IPU and has met Rhee Jong-hyuk, the head of Korean Institute for National Unification. I hope there will be good results as there has been a discussion on exchanges and cooperation in between the National Assemblies of two Koreas. Even when we went to Pyongyang last time, we talked about having talks in between the National Assemblies of two Koreas, and the Chief Rhee Jong-hyuk came to the south many times and I know him well. I would like to see good results in terms of the Inter-Korean Parliamentary Talks as there has been discussion with Chairman Moon Hee-sang.