China News Agency, Beijing, July 3. According to the consensus reached through consultations between China and South Korea, the South Korean side will hand over a new batch of remains and relics of the Chinese People's Volunteers in South Korea to China.
The two sides will jointly hold the funeral ceremony in South Korea on September 15 this year, and the handover ceremony will be held on September 16.
On July 3, Li Jingxian, deputy director of the Commendation and Commemoration Department (International Cooperation Department) of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of the People's Republic of China, led the staff of relevant Chinese departments, and the South Korean delegation headed by Kim Sang-jin, director of the International Policy Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense, discussed the ninth batch of Consultations were held on the handover of the remains of the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteers in South Korea, an agreement was reached and the minutes of the talks were signed.
Both sides said that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, and they will actively cooperate to properly hand over the remains of the ninth batch of Chinese People's Volunteers in South Korea, and further deepen exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in the field of the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers in South Korea. Cooperation.
China and the ROK have followed humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendly consultation and pragmatic cooperation, have successfully handed over the remains of 825 Chinese People's Volunteers in South Korea for eight consecutive times from 2014 to 2021.
(Finish)