after his talks with kimersen, phinyan and siu announced the signing of a joint north-south statementeed on three principles for unifying the country, without outside interference, peacefully and on the basis of national consolidation. however. these agreements remained on paper. the turnaround occurred 20 years later. in december of ninety-one, the heads of government of the north and south signed an unprecedented document. it was an agreement of reconciliation, non-aggression, cooperation and exchanges. an inter-korean agreement was also adopted declaration on the denuclearization of the peninsula. for the first time in the entire history of their separate existence, phinyan and siul actually abandoned the ideas of a conquest. at least formally recognized the equality of the two states. plans for unification on the basis of a confederation were discussed, but in 94 after the death of kimersen, the dialogue was suspended. it resumed only 4 years later, when kim dae-jun became the president of the republic of korea. he proclaimed a policy of solar heat. one of the most important agree