Posted on 07/12/2010 11:37:58 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
North Korea's military delayed a rare meeting set for Tuesday with military officers from the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the communist country, officials said.
The two sides were scheduled to meet at the border truce village of Panmunjom on Tuesday morning, but the North's military requested a delay about two hours before the meeting's scheduled start, citing "administrative reasons," said an official at the UNC.
A new date for the colonel-level meeting, which would be the first such meeting since the March sinking that dramatically raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula, wasn't proposed, the official said.
The official, requesting anonymity, expected the two sides would eventually agree on a new date.
"While the North's military didn't propose a new meeting time, I think it could be arranged any time because we have a channel to do so," the official said.
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A new date for the colonel-level meeting... wasn't proposed...
So, which is it... 2 hour delay, or is it now unscheduled requiring a new date?
There is an update: The North Koreans have cancelled the meeting
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