SEOUL, June 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will visit Russia next week to discuss issues on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear program, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuk told a regular press briefing that Minister Yun will visit Moscow on June 12 to hold a foreign ministers' dialogue with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov the next day.
The two-day visit would be the first since Yun took office in early 2013 and mark the first South Korean foreign minister's travel to Russia in five years.
Cho said the two ministers will make in-depth discussions on the Korean Peninsula issues, including the DPRK's nuclear program, as well as regional situation and ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation.
The spokesman said Yun's visit would serve as an opportunity to gain momentum in Seoul's diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear program.
