A legislative bill seeking to allow South Korea’s unification minister limited authority over access to the Demilitarized Zone would conflict with the Armistice Agreement that paused hostilities since the Korean War, according to the U.N. Command (UNC) on Wednesday.

“From a technical reading of the armistice agreement and reading of the bills that are pending, they are completely at odds,” a UNC official said during a press briefing. 

“If the legislation passes, a rational, logical, legal interpretation, is that the ROK government has removed itself from the armistice and is no longer bound by it,”the spokesperson said, adding that