SEOUL: North and South Korea agreed on Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September after high-level talks in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula.

The two sides "agreed at the meeting to hold a South-North summit in Pyongyang in September as planned," the joint statement said, without giving a precise date.

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