Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha confirmed the spirit of resolving problems on the Korean peninsula exclusively through political means, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Ministers met on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events in Singapore.
“An exchange of views took place on a number of topical issues on the international and regional agenda, with an emphasis on the situation around the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia as a whole. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of intensifying joint efforts in the interests of solving the problems existing in the region exclusively by political and diplomatic means, “the ministry said.