Panmunjom declaration Key points agreed by the leaders

Denuclearisation

A pledge to strive toward complete denuclearisation and the common goal of a nuclearfree peninsula.

Peace treaty

South and North to pursue talks with the US and possibly China to declare an end to the Korean War, currently resolved only by an armistice.

Liaison office

The countries will establish a liaison office in the border town of Gaeseong.

Family reuniting

South and North will reignite humanitarian efforts to reunite those separated after division of the peninsula.

End hostile acts

Pyongyang and Seoul agree to cease all hostile acts against each other, whether on land, air or sea, and to turn

the demilitarised zone on the border into a peace zone.

More talks

The leaders of both countries are to commit to holding frequent and candid talks on vital issues.

Nicola Smith

chatted privately. As the talks ended, they were joined by their wives, Ri Sol-ju and Kim Jung-sook, for dinner.

But as Kim’s limousine disappeared into the night, flanked by 12 sprinting bodyguards, analysts remarked that the road ahead remained uncertain.

Political analyst Loretta Napoleoni said she was sceptical. “His aim is to reach a peace agreement in order to boost the economy through the links with the South,” she said. “He will drag along the denuclearisation process as long as he can and in the meantime he will use economic improvement in order to consolidate his regime.”