FM meets Russian counterpart in Munich
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- Top diplomats of South Korea and Russia held bilateral talks on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference amid the controversy over the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula.
During the meeting, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed key issues between the two countries including economic cooperation.
Pundits said the two are presumed to have also discussed the controversial deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. South Korea has been seeking to deploy the THAAD battery to better cope with North Korean provocations.
Beijing and Moscow, however, have been expressing concern over the presence of the U.S. battery on the Korean Peninsula.
colin@yna.co.kr
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