SEOUL, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Deputy nuclear envoys of South Korea and Russia discussed the Korean Peninsula issues in Russia's capital Moscow Tuesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Jeong Yeon-doo, director-general of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) nuclear affairs bureau at the South Korean foreign ministry, visited Moscow on Tuesday to consult with his Russian counterpart Oleg Burmistrov, an ambassador-at-large for DPRK affairs.
Jeong also had a luncheon meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov.
The diplomats from South Korea and Russia re-confirmed their common goal of the complete denuclearization of and the settlement of lasting peace on the peninsula, sharing a view that it will be significant for relevant countries to keep the momentum for dialogue with the DPRK.
They agreed that it will be significant to make concerted efforts for the resumption of the talks between Pyongyang and Washington.
The meeting came after the DPRK fired several short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Saturday.
The denuclearization negotiations have been stalled since the second summit between top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump ended with no agreement in late February at the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
The Russian side assessed the South Korean effort for the improvement in inter-Korean relations, expressing support for the South Korean role in the peninsula issues.
South Korea and Russia agreed to closely communicate and cooperate for the peninsula issues at each level.
