The Inter-Korean Summit is to be held on April 27.
North and South Korea have agreed to hold an inter-Korean summit on April 27.
The two countries passed a joint communique on March 29 at Panmunjom that agrees on the schedule and way ahead for preparation of the summit.
Comprised of three articles, the communique states that North and South Korea will hold their summit at the House of Peace, which is located in the southern side the border in Panmunjom.
As for preparation, it agrees to hold a working level discussion on protocol, escort, and media coverage on April 4. It also sets out plans for a working level discussion on communication, which mainly concerns the issue of establishing a hotline between the two states, the date and location of which are to be determined later.
Other practical issues that may arise during the course of preparation will be discussed in writing.
North and South Korea will be meeting for the first time in 11 years. A third of its kind, the summit follows the first summit between the two Koreas which took place in June 2000 between Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-il, and the second in October 2007 between Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong-il.
At a post-conference briefing held at the House of Freedom in Panmunjom, Cho Myung-kyun, South Korea’s Minister of Unification and representative at the talks reconfirmed that the summit will address the issue of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and peaceful settlement of North-South relations.
Cho said that “both parties have made sufficient exchanges concerning the agenda of the summit,” adding that “a follow-up session may commence in April to further discuss the agenda if necessary.”
Lee Seon-kwon, the head of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea and representative, said that “all issues brought up between North and South will be put up as agenda,” adding that “what the people wants is what we want as agenda.
