Red Cross officials from the two Koreas are meeting for a second Wednesday at the North Korean border city of Gaeseong with no progress being reported.

In the morning session, both sides exchanged views on their respective positions presented on the first day of the meeting held on Tuesday.

In a statement at the beginning of the morning session, both the South and North Korean delegations expressed hope for positive results.

The North reportedly asked the South for humanitarian provisions to the North, including hundreds of thousands of tons of rice. The North is expected to have linked the expanded provision of aid to the South Korean side’s request for regular inter-Korean family reunions.

In response, the South’s delegation reportedly said that a decision to expand humanitarian aid is not for the Red Cross to make.

As for the North’s calls for the South to resume tours to Mount Geumgang, South Korean officials reiterated that the North must first meet three conditions before tours can resume.

Seoul wants the North to allow South Korean investigators to conduct a thorough investigation into the July 2008 shooting death of a South Korean tourist at the resort. It also wants the North to take measures to guarantee the safety of South Korean tourists there and take steps to prevent a recurrence of such incidents.

The South also set as a precondition for the resumption of the tours an apology from Pyongyang for the sinking of the “Cheonan” naval vessel in the Yellow Sea in March, which a Seoul-led international investigation determined was the result of a North Korean torpedo.