United Nations, Aug 23 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed a high-level dialogue between two sides of the Korean Peninsula, encouraging them to "use the resumed discussions to pave the way for de-escalating the situation" in the region, a media report said on Sunday.
"The secretary-general welcomes the high-level meeting between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which was held today (Saturday)," an official statement said late Saturday.
Ban "further takes note of the agreement that the discussions will be resumed tomorrow (Sunday)," the statement said.
Representatives from Pyongyang and Seoul started high-level urgent contact in the truce village of Panmunjom to discuss the prevailing tense situation on the peninsula, the official KCNA news agency reported.