Six-party negotiators have agreed to provide North Korea with an energy aid package comprising 450-thousand tons of heavy fuel oil and energy facility assistance equivalent to an additional 500-thousand tons of the low-grade industrial fuel.

The agreement was announced Tuesday by South Korean negotiator Lim Sung-nam, who headed Seoul's delegation to energy working group talks held at the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjeom.

Negotiators met over two days to hammer out details of a North Korean energy package worth 950-thousand tons of heavy fuel oil that had been pledged under a six-party agreement reached on February 13th. Under the terms of the February deal, South Korea and China have already provided the North with 50-thousand tons of heavy oil each.

South Korea, the U.S., China and Russia will reportedly take turns providing 50-thousand tons of oil each month for the next eight months.

A Seoul official said that Japan refused to provide any economic aid to the North, but the other four countries could figure out a solution through consultations.