Seoul, March 25: Top officials from South and North Korea will meet next week on the countries’ border to prepare for the inter-Korean summit meeting planned for next month, the South said on Saturday.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry said North Korea has accepted Seoul’s proposal to hold the talks on March 29 to discuss the date and agenda for the summit between President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un of North Korea.
The Moon-Kim meeting would be the third inter-Korean summit, following similar meetings in 2000 and 2007.
On Thursday, Seoul notified Pyongyang via a border communication channel of its proposal for talks next Thursday on the northern side of the border truce village of Panmunjom, saying the South’s three-member delegation will be led by Cho.
“North Korea delivered its agreement via the border communication channel today, saying it will send a three-member delegation headed by Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for Peaceful Reunification,” the ministry said in a release, reports South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
