South and North Korea have agreed to ensure the safe passage of trains during test runs on cross-border railways, a South Korean delegate said Wednesday.

"The two sides had no differences in making military security measures needed for the trial operation of trains on May 17," Army Col. Moon Sung-mook, spokesman for the South Korean delegation, told pool reporters after a lengthy second-day session of the general-level talks between the two Koreas.

But the South called for standing measures, not isolated ones, for the future operation of roads and railways crossing the demilitarized zone, he added.

Moon said that the two Koreas exchanged their drafts of a joint press release to summarize the results of this week's talks, scheduled to end Thursday.

He said that the two sides will continue to revise their statement to reflect the outcome of Wednesday's negotiations.

PANMUNJOM, North Korea, May 9 (Yonhap News)