Holding the First Joint Committee for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
The First Joint Committee for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation will be held from Dec. 4th through 6th at Grand Hilton Hotel in Seoul. The status of the committee was upgraded as deputy prime ministerial talks in accordance with the Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Relations, Peace and Prosperity in 2007.
The South Korean delegation will consist of 7 delegate members led by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kwon O-kyu, and the North Korean delegation will be comprised of 7 delegates headed by Vice Premier Jon Sung-hun.
Major agendas for the talks will include further consultations of inter-Korean economic cooperation projects agreed upon at the Summit Talks and the Prime Ministerial talks.