The top diplomats from South Korea and Russia have held talks in Germany to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program and ways to promote the steady development of bilateral ties, South Korean foreign ministry said Monday.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Germany on Sunday (local time) on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that wrapped up a three-day run on the same day.
Yun appreciated Russia's efforts for doing its part in trying to make North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, the foreign ministry said in a statement, amid the long-stalled multilateral denuclearization talks.
Yun also proposed holding a meeting between chief nuclear envoys from Seoul and Moscow in the near term, which was hailed by the Russian foreign minister, it added.
The meeting came as the six-party talks on the North's denuclearization involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, have been stalled since late 2008 when North Korea abruptly walked away from the negotiation table.