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China welcomes ROK-DPRK family reunion deal

Xinhua, September 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

China has welcomed plans being discussed by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to hold regular reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

The ROK and the DPRK agreed in talks on Tuesday to further discussion of the initiative.

In the first event of its kind in over a year and a half, 100 Koreans on each side separated by the conflict will reunite for the day at the Mount Kumgang resort in the southeast of the DPRK from Oct. 20 to 26, an ROK ministry for inter-Korean affairs said in a statement after the talks.

"China supports both countries improving ties through dialogue and consultation and promoting reconciliation and cooperation so as to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said. Endi