Defense officials from the two Koreas will sit down for working-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjeom on Thursday.

A Defense Ministry official in Seoul said Tuesday that the two sides will fine-tune views on key military issues ahead of the third inter-Korean summit set to take place in Pyongyang from next Tuesday.

The two sides will discuss a joint project to excavate the remains of soldiers killed during the Korean War in the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ) as well as removing some guard posts on a trial basis and disarming the Joint Security Area.

The two Koreas narrowed the wide gap in their positions on the issues during general-level talks held on July 31st.