South Korea says the United Nations Command supports its new military agreement with North Korea. There's been speculation the command believes Seoul and Pyongyang are moving too quickly with efforts to forge peace despite a lack of strong progress toward denuclearization.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul
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The South Korean defense ministry said it's holding close talks with the U.N. command about the new military agreement.
The ministry also said a U.N. command official recently expressed support for the deal.
The U.N. Command, or simply UNC, overseas the South Korean side of the truce area in the demilitarized zone where negotiators meet.
The new military deal signed at the latest inter-Korean summit calls for all weapons to be removed from the truce area. It also dictates that some guard posts along the DMZ are shut down on a trial basis.
This week, the nominee to lead the UNC, U.S. General Robert Abrams, said all demilitarized zone -related activities are under the purview of the command.
And questions have been raised whether it's too soon to draw down border security.
Seoul, however, says the agreement is important to maintaining reconciliation with Pyongyang.