A National Assembly panel passed a resolution Wednesday calling for the resumption of talks between the two Koreas.

The special committee for the development of inter-Korean ties pointed out that bilateral relations remain frosty amid the North's repeated military provocations, nearly two years after the launch of the Park Geun-hye administration in the South.

It emphasized that Seoul and Pyongyang should restart talks without attaching any preconditions to discuss a number of pending issues such as the regularization of family reunions, repatriation of prisoners of war and abducted people, the North's human rights issue and humanitarian food aid.

"The National Assembly will also make various efforts, including a push for the South-North parliamentary dialogue, to help promote government-level talks, exchanges and cooperation," read the resolution. 

The inter-Korean issue is a bipartisan problem, said the committee, chaired by Rep. Won Hye-young of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy.

It hopes that the non-binding resolution will be passed by the floor of the National Assembly during its regular session to send next Tuesday. (Yonhap)