June 15th North–South Joint Declaration

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The first and last page of the declaration on display at the Unification Observatory in Paju, South Korea

The June 15th North–South Joint Declaration was adopted between leaders of North Korea and South Korea in June 2000 after various diplomatic meetings between the North and South. As a result of the talks, numerous separated families and relatives from the North and the South had meetings with their family members in Pyongyang and Seoul.

According to the North–South Joint Declaration, the North-South ministerial talks and North–South military working-level talks were held four times in Pyongyang, Seoul and Jeju Island from July to December 2000.

Text of North–South Joint Declaration

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The width of Arch of Reunification, 61.5 metres, was a reference to the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration.

June 15, 2000

See also

• Sunshine Policy
• Inter-Korean summits
• Unconverted long-term prisoners (the "unswerving Communists serving prison sentences in the South" referred to in point three)
• Ten Point Programme for Reunification of the Country
• July 4th North–South Korea Joint Statement
• 2007 North–South Summit Declaration
• Panmunjom Declaration

References

• South-North Joint Declaration, June 15, 2000 (United States Institute of Peace)
• kcckp.net Naenara Webpage
• Text of Korean Armistice Agreement

External links

• Article from "By our nation by itself" Template:Webarchive