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| ‘We need to cool hotheads down’: Lavrov urges diplomatic solution to N. Korea crisis | |
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| Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged all parties to stick to a diplomatic approach to the Korean Peninsula crisis, condemning both the reckless tests of Pyongyang and belligerent rhetoric of the US. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged all parties to stick to a diplomatic approach to the Korean Peninsula crisis, condemning both the reckless tests of Pyongyang and belligerent rhetoric of the US. |
| “We have to calm down the hotheads and understand that we need pauses, we need contacts,” Lavrov said when discussing the North Korean issue in New York. | “We have to calm down the hotheads and understand that we need pauses, we need contacts,” Lavrov said when discussing the North Korean issue in New York. |
| The ongoing exchange of threats surrounding the Korean standoff is unacceptable, Lavrov said. Likewise, “the nuclear-missile gambles” on the part of Pyongyang and calls to wage war on the Korean Peninsula do not contribute to defusing the tensions, he added. | The ongoing exchange of threats surrounding the Korean standoff is unacceptable, Lavrov said. Likewise, “the nuclear-missile gambles” on the part of Pyongyang and calls to wage war on the Korean Peninsula do not contribute to defusing the tensions, he added. |
| The efforts of certain countries to mediate the situation on the peninsula are welcome, and certain “neutral European countries” are ready to play that role, the Russian diplomat said. | The efforts of certain countries to mediate the situation on the peninsula are welcome, and certain “neutral European countries” are ready to play that role, the Russian diplomat said. |
| If the Iranian nuclear deal fails, Pyongyang could be discouraged from making any deals on curbing its own nuclear and missile programs in exchange for easing sanctions, Lavrov warned. | |
| Lavrov urged the US to resolve issues with Iran through channels specifically designed for this purpose, and to abstain from attempts to bring the nuclear deal with Tehran down. “The [Iran] program is in the complete state, it was approved in a UNSC resolution, and dissecting this program is equal to destroying everything achieved. Everyone understands that,” the Russian foreign minister said. | |
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