North and South Korea agree to historic leaders’ summit in DMZ on April 27
Meeting between Kim Jong-un, leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, and the South’s President Moon Jae-in will be only the third of its kind
North and South Korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade on April 27, Seoul officials said on Thursday after Kim Jong-un pledged his commitment to denuclearisation during a surprise trip to Beijing.
South Korean officials, who announced the date after high-level talks with their Northern counterparts, said the summit agenda would largely be the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and an improvement of inter-Korean relations.
Thursday’s meeting was the first high-level dialogue between the Koreas since a Southern delegation earlier this month travelled to Pyongyang to meet the North’s leader Kim, where they agreed to hold the summit at the border truce village of Panmunjom.
The two sides said in a joint statement they would hold a working-level meeting on April 4 to discuss details of the summit, such as staffing support, security and news releases.
“We still have a fair number of issues to resolve on a working-level for preparations over the next month,” said Ri Son-gwon, chairman of North Korea’s committee for the peaceful reunification of the country.
