North Korea has requested the United Nations aviation agency, International Civil Aviation Organization, for permission to open an air corridor to South Korea, AFP reported on Saturday. A delegation from ICAO will travel to North Korea next week to discuss the request.
The proposal to establish an air traffic corridor between Pyongyang and Incheon city in South Korea, was submitted to the ICAO’s regional office in Bangkok, Thailand in February. “This request will be further discussed among other air navigation and safety matters,” mentioned a press release from ICAO, according to Reuters.
The delegation will be led by the aviation agency’s Asia and Pacific Regional Director Arun Mishra and head of the agency’s Air Navigation Bureau Stephen Creamer.
The ICAO said it conveyed the proposal to South Korea’s civil aviation authorities, “indicating [the] ICAO’s willingness to facilitate and support further discussions”, reported AFP.
Last month, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a historic peace summit in South Korea. Kim Jong-un became the first North Korean leader to enter the south since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
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