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South and North Korea have agreed to hold minister-level talks in Seoul from June 21 through 24.

The two Koreas on Thursday agreed on the South’s provision of 200,000 tons of fertilizer to the North beginning May 21.

The two sides also agreed to send Cabinet members to attend a joint ceremony in Pyongyang to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the historic joint declaration made at the end of the inter-Korean summit talks on June 15, 2000.

Vice Unification Minister Rhee Bong-jo and his North Korean counterpart Kim Man-gil officially released a joint statement after four days of talks in Gaeseong. The joint statement, however, does not specifically mention the North’s nuclear issue.

In the joint statement, the two sides said they agreed to make joint efforts to improve inter-Korean relations and promote peace on the Korean peninsula, upholding the spirits of the historic declaration.

A South Korean government official said the statement does not specifically mention the nuclear issue, but includes “agreed to make joint efforts for peace on the Korean peninsula.”