The two Koreas on Saturday will begin four days of economic talks on the South Korean resort island of Jeju.

The Unification Ministry said Friday that delegates will likely discuss cooperation in the light industry, natural resource development and the construction of an industrial complex in the North's border city of Gaesong.

The meeting will be the 12th convened by the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee and the first inter-Korean talks since Pyongyang canceled test runs of two cross-border railways last month.

Led by Vice Finance and Economy Minister Bahk Byong-won, the South Korean delegation is expected to express strong regret over the cancellation of the test runs and urge their start.

Seoul is also likely to demand that Pyongyang clarify its position on the test runs or risk losing raw material aid.

On the visit to Pyongyang this month by former South Korean President Kim Dae-jun, Seoul will ask that Kim travel to the North on a cross-border train.

The 17-member North Korean delegation will arrive on Jeju Saturday afternoon via Incheon International Airport. Led by Ju Dong-chan, the head of North Korea's special zone management agency, the group will fly into South Korea from China.

The committee's last meeting was in Gaesong in October last year.