The U.S. and South Korea’s top North Korea hands on Friday agreed that a planned groundbreaking ceremony for rail and road cooperation and modernization between the two Koreas will go ahead.

The news followed a meeting between U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun and the ROK’s Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Lee Do-hoon in Seoul.

“The groundbreaking ceremony for railway connections is expected to be carried out as planned as a result of today’s working group meeting,” Lee told reporters following the meeting.

The move sees the U.S. give its blessing to what will be a largely symbolic ceremony, set