UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged North Korea to fully comply with UN Security Council resolutions and work toward denuclearization.
 
The UN chief made the remark during talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting held in the German city of Bonn.
 
According to Seoul's Foreign Ministry, the secretary-general, meeting Minister Yun for the first time, expressed deep concern over North Korea's ballistic missile launch carried out last Sunday.
 
Yun appreciated that Guterres swiftly issued a statement condemning the provocation, and asked for his continued cooperation in efforts to denuclearize the North and improve the human rights situation in the reclusive regime.
 
Yun also stressed that Seoul will continue to strengthen cooperative relations with the United Nations during his time in office.
 
The secretary-general said in response the UN considers South Korea an important strategic partner and values its cooperation in global issues in all areas of peace and security, development and human rights.

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