The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan held a meeting to discuss regional and global issues including the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and his American and Japanese counterparts Antony Blinken and Toshimitsu Motegi met in New York on Wednesday, local time, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. 

Seoul's Foreign Ministry said that the diplomats were expected to discuss peninsula issues and other regional and global matters in their first meeting since early May in Britain.

The meeting comes after South Korean President Moon Jae-in repeated calls for a formal end to the Korean War and U.S. President Joe Biden reaffirmed that the U.S. seeks serious and sustained diplomacy with North Korea for the complete denuclearization of the peninsula. 

The diplomats were expected to follow up on those issues and discuss the recent missile launch by North Korea and humanitarian aid. 

A senior official of the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that the foreign ministers would highlight the global scope of the trilateral cooperation based upon shared values and commitment to preserving and promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.