North Korea calls on South to resume humanitarian projects.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap

[Yonhap headline: "N. Korea Offers To Resume Humanitarian Projects"]

PYONGYANG/SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) - North Korea proposed Wednesday to resume inter-Korean humanitarian projects immediately after an ongoing high-level meeting, officials said.

North Korea also proposed to hold a meeting to discuss economic cooperation as soon as possible in Pyongyang during a plenary session of the cabinet-level meeting, according to them.

In a keynote speech, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung [Yi Chae-cho'ng], Seoul's point man on Pyongyang, urged the North to fulfil the promise to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme in return for energy aid in a "quick and smooth" manner.

According to pool reports, Lee also said that the construction of a family reunion centre at the Mount Geumgang [Ku'mgang] resort should resume immediately and that family reunions via video should be held no later than April. The construction has been suspended since the North conducted missile tests in July.

In addition, Lee proposed to hold the cabinet-level meeting every quarter of the year regardless of the political situation, the reports said.

In response, Lee's …