(VOVworld) - Seoul calls on Pyongyang to continue bilateral talks at a ministerial level to defuse border tensions and work out humanitarian issues, the South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee.

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Hwang Boo-Gi (L), Seoul's chief delegate for high-level talks with North Korea- (Pool/AFP/File)

Jeong told a press briefing on Monday that Seoul hopes Pyongyang will honor the spirit of the Aug. 25 agreement and seriously reflect on ways to improve South-North relations for the implementation of the deal, and come forward for follow-up talks. He reiterated the Republic of Korea’s consistent policy of organizing open dialogues with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to lay a firm foundation for peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.