U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the White House, in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday expressed a desire to engage North Korea in diplomacy in trying to reduce tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
"We both are deeply concerned about the situation," Biden said at the start of a joint news conference with Moon, the second foreign leader to visit the White House since Biden took office.
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