North and South Korea can discuss peace, but other countries required to sign off on end to war A summit between the two Koreas will take place at the end of the month SEOUL, South Korea: President Donald Trump has given his “blessing” for North and South Korea to discuss the end of the Korean War at their summit next week amid a diplomatic push to end the North Korean nuclear standoff. But no such deal will be made without the involvement of the other countries that fought the 1950-53 war, and especially the United States. The reason is that South Korea wasn’t a direct signatory to the armistice that stopped the fighting. The Korean leaders plan to meet on April 27. A summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Trump is anticipated in May or June. A South Korean presidential official says the Korean leaders plan to discuss ending military hostilities, but it wasn’t clear if they’d discuss the end of the war.