Cabinet-level officials from the two Koreas have opened the first session of their talks in Pyongyang.

The South’s chief delegate on Wednesday, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jeong, stressed in a keynote speech the swift implementation of the February 13th six-way agreement on the North’s nuclear dismantlement.

Lee also urged Pyongyang to regularize high-level talks and normalize ties with the South.

Meanwhile, the North’s top negotiator, Chief Cabinet Councilor Kwon Ho-ung, is expected to urge the need to reset the Northern Limit Line and for Seoul to abolish travel restrictions on South Koreans who wish to visit historic sites in the communist state.

Among the banned sites are Geumsusan Memorial Palace where North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung lies in state and national cemeteries in Pyongyang where the North's revolutionary leaders are buried.

The top negotiators are also expected to discuss the issue of Seoul’s rice and fertilizer aid to the North and reunions of separated family members after the issues are addressed at lower-level meetings.