Lim Sung-Nam, Seoul's envoy for the six-nation denuclearisation forum, will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei and other Beijing officials on a two-day trip beginning Wednesday.

Lim "will exchange opinions on the latest situation on the North and its nuclear issues", ministry spokesman Cho Tai-Young said.

The six-party nuclear disarmament forum is chaired by China and comprises the two Koreas, Japan, the United States and Russia.