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Generals from the US and North Korea met for the first time in nearly a decade Sunday to discuss the return of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War, according to reports.

The meeting in the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea was “productive,” with some progress made in firming up the logistics behind the return of the remains, a US source with knowledge of the event told the Washington Post.

Repatriation of the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 conflict — believed to be as many as 200 Americans — was among the points agreed upon during President Trump’s June summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after a visit to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, earlier this month that the meeting would take place Thursday — but the Hermit Kingdom’s delegation never showed up.

Pompeo’s own visit threatened to scuttle the tenuous negotiations between the two countries, with North Korea calling Pompeo “gangster-like” in his demands for denuclearization.

The border meeting was rescheduled for 10 a.m. local time Sunday, with military honchos from both sides in attendance.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Minihan, chief of staff for the United Nations Command, led the US delegation, while North Korea sent a group helmed by a two-star general, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.

The rendezvous represents the first general-level talks between the US and North Korea since March 2009.

With Post wires

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