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WASHINGTON \u2014 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the restoration of communication channels between South and North Korea amid concerns over a potential escalation of tensions across the border.<\/p>\n

“The Secretary-General remains concerned about the situation in the Korean Peninsula, including potential escalation of tensions across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),” United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said during a regular press briefing Thursday.<\/p>\n

Dujarric said that Guterres encourages relevant parties “to initiate the resumption of communication channels, including military-to-military communications, all of this in order to avoid unintended accidents or miscalculations.”<\/p>\n

The spokesperson also stressed the importance of diplomatic efforts to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

“Diplomatic engagement and renewed dialogue remain the only pathway to reduce tensions and to achieve sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula,” he said.<\/p>\n

The remarks came amid heightened tensions along the inter-Korean border following a Sept. 21 land mine explosion inside the DMZ that injured three South Korean soldiers, two of them seriously.<\/p>\n

A joint investigation by South Korea’s military and the U.N. Command concluded that the explosion was caused by antipersonnel mines deliberately planted by North Korea south of the Military Demarcation Line.<\/p>\n

North Korea has denied responsibility for the incident, dismissing Seoul’s findings as fabricated.<\/p>\n

South Korea subsequently raised the incident with the U.N. Security Council in a letter dated Oct. 22, calling on Pyongyang to apologize, remove the mines and take steps to prevent a recurrence.<\/p>\n

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