"A meeting between the foreign ministers of the six countries could be very useful soon after the March round [of talks], based on its results," Sergei Lavrov said following his talks with Song Min-soon, the South Korean Minister of foreign affairs and trade.
The six negotiators in the talks on the North Korean nuclear program include North and South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia.
The latest round of talks in Beijing February 8-13 ended with the adoption of a plan of initial steps on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament, which included aid, energy supplies and security guarantees for the impoverished country in exchange for its consent to dismantle the program.
The South Korean minister said in turn that the implementation of the March 13 agreements proceeds with the plans and that the first stage of North Korea's nuclear disarmament is in the interest of both countries.
The Russian foreign minister added: "Relations between the main antagonists [the United States and North Korea] play the key role, and we, together with my South Korean colleague, highly evaluate the flexibility and readiness to compromise, which the United States and North Korea displayed in February, and which in the end played a decisive role in the resumption of talks and the conclusion of this important agreement."
Song Min-soon also said he considers it impossible at present to organize a summit between the leaders of North and South Korea.
Last Friday, Japan's Kyodo News agency reported that North and South Korea have agreed to resume reconciliation efforts at their first high-level talks since Pyongyang conducted missile tests last summer.
The two countries agreed at a Cabinet-level meeting in Pyongyang to resume the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in 1950-1953. The North halted the program in response to Seoul's suspension of aid over the missile tests in July 2006.
Family reunions began following the historic summit between the Korean leaders in 2000, although the two countries are still technically at war, as no formal peace treaty has been signed.
