PHNOM PENH, 22 Feb. 2012 (PRU) – His Excellency Hong Ki Chol, the
newly accredited Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, told
His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An on Wednesday that North Korea
still wants to unify with South Korea.
Ambassador Hong Ki Chol said that the
unification of the two Koreas is the wish of the Korean people.
“We are striving to unify the two Koreas
through our national efforts, peaceful means and without any conditions”, the
Ambassador told the Deputy Prime Minister.
H.E. Hong Ki Chol recalled the South-North
Joint Declaration of 15 June 2000 that “we want to unify our Koreas. We respect
each other as we want to create one nation that would be called the Federation
of Korea.”
The diplomat said that after the two Koreas
have been separated for more than the last 50 years, they have different
political systems.
Dr. Sok An welcomed the position of North
Korea regarding the reunification of the two Koreas.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is
also building a cultural information centre (or welcome centre) in Siem Reap,
the home of Angkor, as part of the Royal
Government of Cambodia' s campaign to attract more tourists.
The project is expected to be completed before
the end of this year.
The Apsara Authority for the Protection and
Management of Angkor and the Region is working with Korean experts and
concerned institutions to ensure that the building design will feature the
value of Khmer culture for tourists to understand more easily when they visit
the Kingdom of Wonder.
The building, 70 metres in diameter, will be
decorated with artistic works and drawings of Khmer cultural history. The
world’s biggest artistic drawing about Khmer culture, 120 metres long, will be
displayed at the centre.
Dr. Sok An, who is also Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council
of Ministers, told the Ambassador that the centre will represent the good
bilateral relations between our two nations.