TOKYO (Sputnik) — According to the news agency, the two foreign ministers will attend the Regional Forum on Tuesday in the framework of ASEAN meeting.
Ri was reluctant to disclose any details of his trip to journalists, yet nodded in approval, when asked about his meeting with Wang, the agency said.
The possible meeting comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, as Pyongyang said on January 6 that it had successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test and put a satellite into orbit on February 7. The moves violated UN Security Council resolutions, prompting the United Nations to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang and Washington to announce the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea.
