THE high-level talks held between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) representatives at the border village of Panmunjom on Sunday to discuss the repatriation of the remains of American soldiers killed in the Korean War “resulted in firm commitments,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

It was the first General Officer-level talks between Washington and Pyongyang since 2009, which “were productive and cooperative and resulted in firm commitments,” said Pompeo in a statement released later Sunday.

The two sides agreed to restart field operations in the DPRK to search for the estimated 5,300 Americans missing from the 1950-1953 Korean war, the top U.S. diplomat said.

The statement did not specify on the number of remains that have been collected.

(Xinhua)