N. Korea Asks U.S. Talks on Peace Accord
North Korea today said it has proposed a conference with U.S. lawmakers so the nations can discuss a peace accord to replace the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War.
Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said the proposal was made by Chairman Yang Hyong Sop of the Supreme People’s Assembly in a letter sent to the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate.
It said Yang proposed that the talks be held at the earliest possible date in Pyongyang, New York or any third country between the two delegations, each comprising seven to nine legislators.
Cooperation Sought
“It would be good to discuss measures for cooperation between the two parliaments in replacing the Korean armistice agreement with a peace agreement,” it quoted Yang’s letter as saying.
The armistice was signed by North Korea and China on one side and the U.N. Command, led by the United States, on the other. It ended the bloody Korean War, which began in 1950 when North Korea invaded the south in an attempt to unify the Korean peninsula by force.
Protesters in South Korea have demanded that the United States sign a peace treaty that would replace the armistice agreement. The two Koreas are technically still at war, since no treaty has been signed.
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