SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's unification ministry said on Friday that the country's economic cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would be possible under the denuclearization and improved inter-Korean relations.
The ministry said in its report to the National Assembly's special committee on inter-Korean economic cooperation that the smooth inter-Korean economic cooperation would be made possible under a virtuous cycle of the Korean Peninsula's denuclearization and the improved inter-Korean ties.
The report said South Korea will drive the virtuous cycle by helping the DPRK and the United States hold a second summit and encouraging the second Pyongyang-Washington summit to go smoothly.
Through the development of inter-Korean relations, South Korea will make continued efforts to encourage the DPRK to help denuclearize the peninsula, according to the report.
For the inter-Korean economic projects, conditions should be met such as a progress in denuclearization talks and the eased sanctions on the DPRK, the ministry said.
The ministry of trade, industry and energy said in a separate report to the parliamentary committee that it will push for a broad range of inter-Korean economic cooperation in industry, national resources and energy if conditions are met such as the denuclearization and the lifting of sanctions on Pyongyang.
The ministry said the effective inter-Korean economic cooperation will be pushed for following the easing or lifting of sanctions on the DPRK in the process of the denuclearization, but it noted that it will made steady preparations in advance for a smooth cooperation when the conditions are met.