S. Korea proposes to hold talks with DPRK on unified team in 2008 Olympics
[ 2006-11-28 11:01 ]
韓國統一部近日表示，韓國政府同意與朝鮮就多哈亞運會開幕式上共同入場問題舉行會談。這是朝鮮奧委會10日提議朝韓雙方在多哈舉行體育官員會談后，韓國政府首次就此表態。此外，雙方還將就2008年在北京舉行的奧運會上組建聯合代表團交換意見。
在2000年悉尼奧運會開幕式上，韓朝體育代表團曾首次攜手共同入場，開啟了韓朝體育代表團在大型國際運動會開、閉幕式中共同入場的先例。
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South Korea and the DPRK have held joint parade in
opening and closing ceremonies of international sports events for seven
times since the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympic
Games. |
South Korea proposed to the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea (DPRK) on Monday to hold meeting this week on forming a unified
team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the South Korean
Unification Ministry and the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said.
KOC President Kim Jung-kil sent a telephone message to his DPRK counterpart
Mun Jae-duk earlier in the day, which said South Korea agreed to hold talks on
forming a unified Olympic team, the South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.
Kim's remarks came after Pyongyang's request on
Nov. 10 to hold talks in Qatar ahead of the 15th Asian Games, set for Dec. 1-15,
to discuss fielding a joint delegation at the opening and closing ceremonies of
the Asian Games.
The first meeting between the two sides will be held on Thursday in Doha,
Yonhap said, quoting an unnamed Unification Ministry official.
South Korea and the DPRK have held joint parade in opening and closing
ceremonies of international sports events for seven times since the 2000 Sydney
Summer Olympic Games.
The two sides had reached an agreement in Macao last November during the East
Asian Games to form a unified team in the Doha Asian
Games and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Vocabulary
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK)：朝鮮民主主義人民共和國
Korean
Unification Ministry：韓國統一部
Pyongyang：平壤（朝鮮首都）
forming
a unified team：組建統一隊
（xinhua）
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