OREANDA-NEWS. March 04, 2010. Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexei Borodavkin held consultations in Moscow with Kung Sok Ung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on March 3.

On March 4 the Korean guest was received by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Denisov.

During the consultations a wide spectrum of issues in bilateral cooperation in the political, economic, trade, cultural and humanitarian fields was discussed substantively. Both parties accentuated their focus on the further expansion of ties and exchanges in practical areas and on deepening engagement at the regional level.

Special attention was devoted to the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and to prospects for resumption of Six-Party Talks (Russia, DPRK, PRC, US, ROK and Japan) to resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear problem.

An exchange of views took place on a number of pressing international issues of mutual concern.