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| Korean leaders issue peace call | Korean leaders issue peace call |
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| The leaders of North and South Korea have signed a joint declaration calling for a peace deal and closer economic ties on the Korean Peninsula. | |
| South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and his counterpart, Kim Jong-il, issued the declaration after three days of historic talks in Pyongyang. | |
| They called for a meeting to discuss a formal peace treaty and agreed to start cross-border cargo rail services. | |
| The summit was only the second ever between leaders of the two nations. | The summit was only the second ever between leaders of the two nations. |
| The two Koreas did not sign a peace agreement at the end of the 1950-53 Korean conflict and technically remain at war. | |
| "The South and North share the view that they should end the current armistice system and build up a permanent peace system," the declaration said. | |
| It called for leaders of nations concerned to meet on the Korean Peninsula and agree an end to the war. |