The foreign ministers of South Korea and Sri Lanka have agreed to work together in pressuring North Korea into giving up its nuclear weapons programme, the Korea Herald reported.

It said South Korea's Yun Byung-se and Sri Lanka's Mangala Samaraweera had shared the understanding that North Korea's recent series of ballistic missile launches pose a serious threat to the peace and security of the Asia-Pacific as well as the entire international community.

The South Korean Foreign Minister is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, to mark the 40th year of establishing diplomatic ties.