Posted on 07/14/2010 12:25:15 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The American-led United Nations Command (UNC) said military talks with North Korea to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the North have been rescheduled for Thursday.
The colonel-level talks were initially scheduled for Tuesday, but North Korea abruptly asked for a delay just hours before the talks were set to begin, citing "administrative reasons."
Later that day, the North's military proposed the new date to the Military Armistice Commission of the UNC, and the command accepted, a UNC statement said Wednesday.
The meeting "will now take place at 10:00 a.m. on July 15, according to the statement.
The rescheduled meeting, if held, will be the first of its kind since the Cheonan warship sank in March near the inter-Korean western sea border, dramatically increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsul
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