The meeting confirmed through discussions the composition, function and role and the mode and methods of operation of the joint committee and the panel committees under an agreement on the formation and operation of north-south joint committee for the Kaesong Industrial Zone, and decided to hold technical discussions through the operation of the panel committees.

The north and the south agreed to hold the second meeting of the joint committee on September 10 to further the discussions on the state of the operation of the panel committees and the issue of the operation of the zone, etc.