Thank you for watching the headlines here at r. T. International broadcasting live from moscow im kate part of. North korea is set to hold official talks with the sas for the first time in two years and there are already some early signs of progress january the surge saw the reopening of a cross border telephone line and the following day donald trump delayed the annual military drills with seoul until after next months Winter Olympics in south korea or face to face negotiations with the north are set for later on choose day and dottys kind of walk in takes a closer look. Well its hard to tell exactly everything that will be discussed now we know that one thing that is probably going to definitely be on the agenda will be the upcoming Olympic Games now weve heard from south koreas unification minister and he has said that he hopes that the talks become a place to ease the tensions now if youve been paying attention to everything thats been going on on the Korean Peninsula over the last
Im Kate Partridge and youre watching the latest headlines here at r. T. International thank you for joining us. North and south korea have just started their First Official talks in two years the negotiations are taking place in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries that have been recent signs of progress januarys asserted saw the reopening of a cross border telephone line and the following day donald trump delayed the annual military drills with seoul until after next months Winter Olympics in south korea. Well thats now across to our reporter caleb maupin caleb hi there sorry what more can you tell us about these talks between north and south korea. Well at this point we understand the talks have begun in the shared border village in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries now at this point its not clear whats going to be discussed we know that one agenda item will be the upcoming winter Olympic Games however at this point we have heard that south koreas a unifica
This is r. T. International coming to life are lost on the joining us. North and south korea have started their First Official talks in two years the negotiations are taking place in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries that have been recent signs of progress january the third sold the reopening of a cross border telephone line and the following day donald trump delayed the annual military drills with seoul until after next months Winter Olympics in south korea. Lets cross now to our reporter caleb caleb what more can you tell us about these talks which we north and south korea. Well the talks have already started in the shared village in the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea now from what we understand the primary focus of the talks will be in relation to the olympics about the participation of athletes from north korea in the south korean Olympic Games which are coming up in february now we also heard from south koreas reunification minister and he was sayi
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