The South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) on Friday unveiled plans to “regularize” high-level talks between the two Koreas and promote civilian inter-Korean exchanges, in a briefing with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon.

At a 2018 policy briefing by five government ministries, the MOU said it planned to “regularize and systemize South-North talks” to restore inter-Korean relations.

“We will regularize the high-level talks and discuss pending issues between the South and the North in a comprehensive manner,” the unification ministry said in a document seen by NK News.

The MOU said Seoul will encourage Pyongyang to come forward to the “negotiating