North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet his South Korean counterpart, President Moon Jae-in, in a face-to-face gathering next month at the so-called truce village in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. Thursday’s announcement of the planned summit, which comes amid a thaw in tensions on the peninsula, was welcomed Thursday by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.

Secretary-General António Guterres: “I am very encouraged by the recent developments, very encouraged by the announcement of the inter-Korean summit. And I believe that in this world where, unfortunately, so many problems seem not to have a solution, I think there is here an opportunity for a peaceful solution to something that, a few months ago, was haunting us as the biggest danger we were facing.”