North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, left, talks with his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, July 22, 2011.
Indonesia's foreign minister says he will ask top diplomats from the two Koreas to hold informal talks on the sidelines of Asia's largest security forum.
Marty Natalegawa made the comments ahead of a closed-door meeting Friday with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun. He said he hoped he could help facilitate an "informal" meeting between Pak and South Korea's Kim Sung-hwan, helping ease testy relations.
Negotiations to end North Korean's nuclear weapons program have been stalled for more than two years. But top diplomats from all six countries involved in the talks — the United States, China, Russia, Japan and North and South Korea — are attending the ASEAN Regional Forum. That's raised hopes for talks between North and South Korea.
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