Moscow and Beijing stressed the necessity to find ways to resume six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, Sputnik News reported on Wednesday.

Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and Chinese Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Wu Dawei met in the Chinese capital earlier in the day to discuss situation on the Korean Peninsula.

"The need to continue coordinated efforts on maintaining the situation on the Korean peninsula in the political and diplomatic field, as well as finding ways to unlock the six-party talks on the settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, was ascertained by both sides during the exchange of views," the statement reads.

The six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula initially included South and North Korea, Russia, the United States, China and Japan. The talks were held between 2003 and 2009, before Pyongyang's withdrawal. 

Source ; MENA