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10:55, August 08, 2007 |
Leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun will meet in Pyongyang in late August, the official KCNA news agency reported Wednesday.
Under an agreement signed between the two sides last Sunday, Roh Moo-Hyun will visit Pyongyang on August 28-30 for the second inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong Il. The landmark first summit was held in Pyongyang in 2000 between Kim Jong Il and then South Korean President Kim Dae-jong.
The summit "will be of weighty significance in opening a new phase of peace on the Korean Peninsula, co-prosperity of the nation and national reunification by expanding and developing inter-Korean relations to a higher stage," the KCNA said.
Both sides will hold a meeting to prepare for the summit as soon as possible, the KCNA said.
The summit comes as the DPRK is negotiating with other parties on how to push forward the denuclearization process under the Feb. 13 agreement after the DPRK shut down its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon.
Source: Xinhua
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