U.S. and North Korea agreed on the 10th colonel-level talks held on the fourth largest

United States, "UN Command" 9 press release said the U.S. and the DPRK has agreed to 8, 10, held at Panmunjom on the morning of the fourth largest university in the talks, the two sides continue to hold general-level talks to discuss the date of issue and other issues.

Big U.S. and the DPRK on July 15 field grade officers held in Korea, "Tian" was the first meeting after the incident, both sides expressed hope that the general-level talks held to discuss the "Tian An" incident. The two sides then on July 23, 30, held two meetings, but failed to narrow differences.

According to South Korean media, during the past several talks, "United Nations Command" of Tiyichengli "Lianhe mission" right violated the armistice agreement led to "Tian An" incident of the reasons assessed, but North Korea insists that North Korea Guo Fang Ying Paiqian Commission inspection team to conduct field investigations, difficult to reconcile differences between the two sides.

United States, "UN Command", said the agency is responsible for implementation and maintenance of the armistice agreement, since the start of 1998 general-level talks mechanism, to the two sides have been held last March 16 meeting. But North Korea has been advocating so-called "UN Command" is the name of the United States illegally constituted theft of the United Nations, the so-called "United Nations forces" in fact the U.S. troops stationed in Korea.

South Korea, "Tian" was the night guard ship on March 26 in South Korea because of the western waters of the explosion and sinking ship, only 58 of 104 officers and men survived. South Korea, "Tian" was joint military-civilian mission on May 20 announced the official results said, "Tian An" alert No. Korean ship was subjected to a small submarine-launched torpedo attack and sank. North Korea strongly denied this and asked to send inspection team to South Korea to verify the evidence. Korea, North Korea's request was rejected.