President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of DPRK Kim Jong-nam (right) met President of the Democratic Party of Korea Lee Hae-chan in Pyongyang on September 19th (Photo: Yonhap/VNA)
RoK National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang made the offer in a letter last week to DPRK’s President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam.
Choe Thae-bok, the Chairman of the DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), said in response that he agrees to the proposal "in principle," according to Moon's office.
Earlier, the 3rd inter-Korean summit between RoK President Moon Jae-in and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un took place on September 18th in Pyongyang.
At the event, the two sides reached a number of agreements on Pyongyang's military and nuclear facilities, and ushered in a new era of peace on the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang and Seoul also signed an accord aimed at the enhancement of mutual trust.
The two previous talks were held in the Truce Village of Panmunjom this year.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres applauded the results of the 3rd Inter-Korean summit, and called for concrete action to follow up on the DPRK’s commitment to close a missile test site.
The UN chief added that progress is also essential between Washington and Pyongyang.
In an announcement, the UN Secretary-General said: "The commitments reflected in the joint statement include important military confidence-building measures and a commitment by the DPRK to dismantle missile engine testing infrastructure in the presence of experts from related countries.”
"Now it is time for concrete action,” he added.
Mr. Guterres called “for unity of the international community to support the parties in their endeavours towards sustainable peace, security and complete and verifiable denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, in accordance with relevant Security Council Resolutions".
He also reiterated the commitment and readiness of the UN system “to further assist the parties in any way they deem appropriate”./.