President Park Geun-hye reiterated her two-track North Korea policy on Wednesday, vowing to revive inter-Korean economic projects only if the reclusive regime makes the move to abandon its nuclear weapons development program.

At an inaugural ceremony of the 17th National Unification Advisory Council, Park said she would push ahead with a wide range of economic cooperation with the North if it deserts its nuclear ambition that poses security concerns on the peninsula and beyond, stressing that it is a way for the impoverished state to secure both social stability and economic progress.

“Our government has been seeking to operate various forms of inter-Korean projects that can be carried out if the North gives up on nuclear development,” she said.

“We will expand exchanges between South and North Koreans by taking the opportunity of a project relinking a railroad line between Seoul and Wonsan, and also constantly seek cooperation in historic excavation projects and in the fields of sports,” she added.

She also urged the members of the advisory council on unification policy to prepare for unification of the two Koreas with a clear vision and principle.

Established in 1980, the council is a constitutional organization operated to advise South Korean presidents on a peaceful unification policy.

By Cho Chung-un (christory@heraldcorp.com)