South and North Korea have agreed to end the Korean War this year and work together to turn an armistice into a peace treaty. 

To that end, they agreed to work together to hold a trilateral or four-way summit, involving the United States or the U.S. and China. 

In addition, they reaffirmed denuclearization is their joint goal while President Moon Jae-in agreed to visit the North this fall. 

The two Koreas on Friday announced a 13-point agreement following the historic one-day summit meeting between President Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Peace House on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjeom. 

Under the agreement, titled “Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula,” the two sides will declare an end to the Korean War, 65 years after the three-year war ended in an armistice not a peace treaty. 

To make it happen, they will work together to hold a three-way summit involving the two Koreas and the U.S. or a four-way summit including China.

They said they will actively cooperate with each other to build a permanent and solid peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, adding it is a historical mission that must not be delayed any further.  

They also affirmed the joint goal of realizing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization. 

Both sides shared the perception that the measures being initiated by the North are meaningful and crucial for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and agreed to carry out their respective roles and responsibilities. 

As part of this, they agreed to actively seek the international community’s support and cooperation for the denuclearization of the peninsula. 

They also reaffirmed the Nonaggression Agreement precluding any use of military force against each other and to strictly adhere to it while taking phased measures to reduce armed forces as military tension is alleviated and substantial progress is made in military confidence-building. 

Moon and Kim agreed to hold frequent and candid discussions on major issues regarding the two countries through regular meetings and direct telephone calls, and strengthen mutual trust and work together to continue momentum for development in inter-Korean ties and peace, prosperity and unification of the Korean Peninsula. 

In that regard, they also agreed on Moon’s visit to the North this fall.  

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