The foreign ministers of South Korea and Russia met in Germany on Monday to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program, possible steps to restart the long-stalled Six-Party Talks and Russia’s warming ties with the DPRK.

The meeting between Seoul’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov took place on the sideline of the 51st Munich Security Conference, with a South Korean press release indicating that the two were in agreement over the North Korean nuclear issue.

“With regard to North Korea and its nuclear issue, Minister Yun lauded Russia for maintaining its firm, zero tolerance stance toward the North