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| ‘We need to cool hotheads down’: Lavrov urges diplomatic solution to N. Korea crisis | ‘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. |
| Speaking on Iran, Lavrov warned that if the nuclear agreement with Tehran fails, Pyongyang could be discouraged from making any deals on curbing its own nuclear and missile programs in exchange for easing sanctions. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| “If the agreement on the Iranian nuclear problem fails, North Korea will say: why should we negotiate with you, if you’re unable to do so?” Lavrov said. | |
| “Germany’s Foreign Minister spoke on that yesterday very persuasively, and I don’t want to steal his authorship. He said, that if the United States in such a situation will break the agreement and reinstate those unilateral sanctions against Iran, which were dropped two years ago under the agreement, it will be a very wrong signal to North Korea,” he added. |