In this June 12, 2019 photo, ROK Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong (center) speaks to the media after returning from Panmunjom at the Inter-Korean Transit Office in Paju. (LEE JIN-MAN / POOL / AFP)

SEOUL - Top diplomats of the Republic of Korea and the United States held phone talks over issues on the Korean Peninsula and other issues of mutual concern, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Friday.

Seoul-Washington relations, the Korean Peninsula issues, and other regional and global issues were the focus of the talks between the ROK and US foreign ministers

ROK Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken exchanged opinions over the phone about issues of mutual concerns such as Seoul-Washington relations, the Korean Peninsula issues, and other regional and global issues.

Chung and Blinken stressed that they will closely cooperate for the complete denuclearization of the peninsula.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to staff at the US State Department during the first visit of US President Joe Biden (left) in Washington, DC, Feb 4, 2021. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

The top diplomats agreed to hold high-level consultations at an earliest possible date to discuss pending issues.

On Wednesday, ROK's top nuclear envoy Noh Kyu-duk talked over the phone with acting US Assistant Secretary of State Sung Kim over the Korean Peninsula issue.

Denuclearization talks between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States have been stalled since the second DPRK-US summit ended without agreement at the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi in Feb 2019.