and would like its allies to contribute more to defense cost sharing.

Song also quoted Putin as saying during their 45-minute meeting in Moscow.a special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Touching on South Koreas staging of the U.and it could also work against North Korean people and incur humanitarian issues.which were suspended in early 2016 following North Koreas nuclear tests and missile provocations.

The president also stressed the need to resume the forum of the six concerned countries.Putin said he will hold a phone conversation with U.

stressing that such joint work could help resolve tensions on the peninsula.

and a bilateral project to jointly develop Arctic shipping routes were also suggested during the meeting.the Center for American Progress.

has officially refused to engage in direct talks with North Korea insisting that having these may reward Pyongyang.a professor at the Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service.

The Korea Times has partnered with Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism in Evanston.a peace treaty would pose a problem for South Korea because it was not a party in the armistice agreement after the Korean War.