The top leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties agreed Monday to meet for talks on an ongoing parliamentary impasse over the state's alleged intervention in last year's presidential race.

Rep. Kim Han-gil, the chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), proposed the talks with his ruling Saenuri Party counterpart Hwang Woo-yea earlier in the day, saying the two sides should work to prevent increasing political chaos.

Hwang accepted the offer, and the two leaders agreed to meet at the National Assembly later in the day.

The rival parties have been wrangling for nearly a year over allegations that the state spy agency helped President Park Geun-hye win last December's presidential election by manipulating public opinion through online posts.

The scandal has snowballed in recent weeks amid allegations that other government bodies, such as the defense ministry's cyber warfare command, were also involved in the alleged operations.

It remains unclear whether Monday's meeting will produce a breakthrough as the opposition party insists on both a special independent investigation into all alleged irregularities surrounding last year's presidential race and the creation of a special parliamentary committee tasked with reforming the state spy agency.

The ruling party has accepted the demand for the parliamentary committee on the condition that the opposition party agrees to normalize parliamentary affairs, but it has been firm in its opposition to the appointment of an independent counsel.

Instead, the ruling party is expected to urge the DP to cooperate on next year's budget proposal. (Yonhap News)