Story highlights Meeting will be the first of its kind since 1949

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to meet

The two sides split amid war in 1949, though relations have improved since Ma's election in 2008

(CNN) The leaders of Taiwan and China plan to meet in Singapore on Saturday for the first time since the Chinese civil war ended in 1949.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou and will address each other as "mister" rather than their usual honorific titles, and will have dinner together after the meeting, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing Zhang Zhijun, the director of China's Taiwan Affairs Office.

Taiwan's Central News Agency, citing senior government officials, said the two leaders did not expect to sign any agreement, but plan to discuss ways to cement peace.

China and Taiwan -- officially the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China -- separated in 1949 following the Communist victory in the civil war.

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