Beijing and Seoul have agreed to put exchanges and cooperation back on the track of normal development at an early date following their recent diplomatic communications, according to a Foreign Ministry news release on Tuesday.

The two countries agreed that they will communicate on issues regarding the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system through military channels, the release said.

Experts called the fresh progress part of their joint efforts to move closer to each other, repair two-way ties and avoid a nuclear arms race that would further complicate Northeast Asia's complicated security landscape.