German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked North Korea to stop testing ballistic missiles, Reuters and News.ro reported. Scholz visited the fortified border between North and South Korea on Sunday before meeting in Seoul with South Korean President Yuk Suk-yeol.

Scholz, who arrived in South Korea after attending the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, described the tests carried out by the North Koreans as a sign that the situation in the area still remains dangerous.

“This is a threat to peace and security in this region,” Olaf Scholz said at a military base after visiting the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas.

Germany’s history as a divided nation is over, he said, adding that division continues on the Korean peninsula.

Yoon and Scholz later met in Seoul, where the South Korean leader said respect for freedom as a universal value was vital in the face of democracy-challenging authoritarianism, volatile global supply chains and war.