🔶 German Chancellor's visit to the border line between the two Koreas; Mertes entered the territory of North Korea.

🔶 German Chancellor's visit to the border line between the two Koreas; Mertes entered the territory of North Korea.

During his visit to the border between South Korea and North Korea, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz mentioned the reunification of Germany 36 years ago.

He said at the end of the demilitarized zone between the two countries: "We hope that one day Korea will find the opportunity to regain territorial and political unity."

Martes added: "In this place you can feel very well how much the country suffers from division and how much people, at least in the southern part of the Korean peninsula, want reunification."

He also said that during his talks in Seoul, he was asked several times about Germany's experience in the reunification of that country.

Since the Korean War (1950 to 1953), the Korean Peninsula has been divided into two parts, the North and the South. The northern part of the country is under the rule of Kim Jong Un, the authoritarian leader of North Korea, and the southern part is an established democratic system. A border line 248 km long along the latitude 38 degrees north divides the Korean peninsula into two parts. On both sides of this border there are demilitarized zones about two kilometers wide.

Mertes visited one of the blue and symbolic buildings in the border area, where the border line runs right through the middle.

Whenever North Korea and South Korea want to hold direct negotiations, this building is their meeting place.