Ulaanbaatar: Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has met with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh to discuss deepening bilateral ties and advancing peace on the Korean Peninsula, the ministry said Friday. Chung is currently in the Mongolian capital for the 11th Ulaanbaatar Dialogue, a forum on security and peace cooperation in Northeast Asia.

According to Yonhap News Agency, during his meeting with the president, Chung highlighted Mongolia's unique position as one of the few countries maintaining friendly ties with both Koreas. He emphasized Mongolia's potential role in advancing peace on the peninsula. Chung urged Ulaanbaatar to encourage Pyongyang to rejoin the forum, which North Korea last attended in 2018. He also suggested exploring ways to pursue trilateral cooperation among the two Koreas and Mongolia.

Khurelsukh expressed that bilateral relations had reached a significant phase and showed firm support for Seoul's peaceful coexistence policy toward the North. At the forum's opening session held a day earlier, Chung proposed a four-way dialogue involving South Korea, North Korea, the United States, and China to establish a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

The two-day forum is set to conclude later in the day, with Chung scheduled to return home on Saturday.