Over in Beijing, delegates from Seoul attending the Belt and Road Forum... condemned Pyongyang's missile launch during a brief meeting on the sidelines of the event.
The leader of South Korea's delegation..., lawmaker Park Byung-seok..., did not give the details of his conversation with the North's external economic relations minister Kim Yong-jae.
But Park did disclose... he felt the reclusive regime's representative had expectations for inter-Korean dialogue.
According to a diplomatic source in Beijing, there could be more encounters between the two delegations at the high-level gathering before it ends tomorrow.
The meeting to discuss China's ambitious regional infrastructure and trade project brought together delegates from around 30 nations.