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SEOUL, Sept 16 (AFP) - South and North Korean ministers on Sunday began a full day of their first talks since the communist North ended a six month freeze on contacts.

The four days of negotiations began with an exchange of greetings, followed by proposals aimed at reactivating inter-Korean reconciliation, South Koran officials said.

North Korea's chief delegate, Kim Ryong-Song, said Saturday the US terrorism crisis should not divert efforts by the two Koreas to rescue their peace process.

The South's President Kim Dae-Jung had suggested the two could agree a joint anti-terrorism declaration in the wake of Tuesday's devastating attacks in New York and Washington. But the Pyongyang official made it clear this was unlikely.

North Korea has been accused of blowing up a South Korean airliner and other attacks on South Korean targets in the past. North Korea is still on a US list of states accused of backing terrorism.

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