The ministry said the latest meeting is part of Lee's close communications with ambassadors from neighboring countries, meant to inform them on the latest inter-Korean moves involving the previous South Korea visit by a high-level North Korean delegation.

Before the Thursday meeting, Lee had met with the ambassadors from the US, Japan and Russia to discuss how to move forward in the wake of the visit by the delegation, which included Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean leader's younger sister.

Starting next week, Lee will also have close consultations with six-party talks counterparts, the ministry said.

South Korea is striving for talks with North Korea to induce the country to give up its nuclear weapons program, and Pyongyang's Olympic participation has opened the door for those talks to begin.(Yonhap)