SEOUL, March 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Unification Ministry said on Tuesday that a working-level talks between Seoul and Pyongyang will be held from Wednesday to discuss a safety guarantee for proposed test runs of the Inter-Korean railways.

    In a statement released here, the ministry said the two-day meeting will be launched on Wednesday in Kaesong, a border city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

    The two sides will focus on a military safety guarantee, the South Korea's Yonhap News Agency quoted unnamed officials of the Unification Ministry as saying.

    Ko Kung-bin, chief of the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Bureau, will lead the two-member South Korean delegation to the talks. The DPRK delegation will be led by Pang Kang-su, chief of the DPRK National Economic Cooperation Committee, the Unification Ministry said.

    Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said Tuesday that South Korea believes that the DPRK has the will to discuss and reach agreement on the safety guarantee with South Korea.

    South Korea and the DPRK had planned to conduct test runs of two Inter-Korean railways in late May last year. However, the DPRK canceled the ceremony one day before the scheduled test runs.