From left, South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi pose before their trilateral ministerial talks in Honolulu, Feb. 12. Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan urged North Korea, Saturday, to halt its destabilizing actions and return to dialogue.

The joint call came after a trilateral meeting between South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Honolulu.

"We condemn the DPRK's ballistic missile launches and its unlawful nuclear ballistic programs, which are clear violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions," Blinken said in a joint press conference, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

"And we continue to work to find ways to hold the DPRK accountable," he added.

The foreign ministerial talks came after North Korea staged seven missile launches in January, the largest number of missile tests it has conducted in a single month.

Its missile launches also included the firing of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, the longest-range ballistic missile launched by the North since late 2017.

Chung said the North Korean missile launches were "clearly wrong."

"We are especially urging North Korea not to repeat such wrongful activities with regard to its firing of an intermediate-range missile," he said in the joint press conference with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts.