MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Top security officials from Russia and South Korea reached an agreement on Monday to hold bilateral talks aimed at establishing and maintaining regional peace and stability, the South Korean newspaper MoneyToday News reported.
No information about the details or the dates of the talks was immediately available.
Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev arrived in Seoul on Monday, where he had talks on international and regional security, including Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, with the South Korean president's top security adviser, Kim Kwan-jin, and Ju Chul-ki, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs.
Earlier in August, North Korea claimed it would launch a geostationary satellite, which is believed by Seoul to be a rocket carrier, at a time of its choosing. The country has also stated that its main nuclear facility has resumed operations.
North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005, and conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013. Pyongyang has never made public how many nuclear weapons it possesses.
