09.06 Koreas Agree on Seoul Ministerial Meeting Next Week � Report

SEOUL, June 9 (RIA Novosti) � North and South Korea have agreed to hold a ministerial meeting in Seoul next week that can help build mutual trust and ease tension on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea�s Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, referring to a government official.

The two sides met on Sunday morning for the first government-level talks in years at the truce village of Panmunjom to exchange views on the protocol, location, the agenda and size of the delegation to be present at Wednesday's ministerial meeting planned for Seoul, Yonhap reported, referring to the South Korean Ministry of Unification.

"The two sides shared the same understanding in regards to the ministers' meeting," Yonhap quoted ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk as saying.

The meeting took place in a calm atmosphere, without the discussion of any particular contentious issues, the government official said.

The meeting came after North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) called for working-level talks on Friday following its earlier proposal to hold government-level talks to resolve issues such as the Kaesong Industrial Complex, Mount Kumgang tours and reunions of families separated by the Korean War of 1950-53.