In telephone talks Monday, they agreed to seek stronger United Nations sanctions against North Korea. [But] ramping up military hysteria will lead to nothing good. “All of this could lead to a global planetary catastrophe and a great number of victims”, he told reporters.
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The projectile being prepared may be an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korean military sources said.
“The country was demolished and Saddam Hussein was hanged. North Korea knows and remembers it, too”.
“China strongly urges the United States and South Korea to pay attention to China and other regional nations’ security interests and concerns, immediately halt the progress of the relevant deployment, and remove the relevant equipment”, he said.
Japan expects that the activities will pave the way for a resolution of the territorial row over the islands and signing of a post-World War II peace treaty, while Russian Federation seeks to attract Japanese investment on the islands. “That does not reflect well on our American partners”, Putin said (via Politico).
On Monday, the US urged the United Nations to step up pressure on Kim and accused him of “begging for war”.
“We agreed to hold an in-depth discussion of the problem at a meeting in Vladivostok”, Abe added. “There is no more road left”.
The newly elected South Korean president had requested the United Nations Security Council to consider tough new sanctions on North Korea to block its sources of foreign income, including cutting off its crude oil supply and banning its workers from being sent overseas.
A top North Korean diplomat warned on Tuesday his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States.
Further hardening his stance against North Korea, President Moon Jae-in said that it is time for the global community to consider cutting oil supplies to the defiant regime.
Talking about the suspension of Russian deliveries of oil products to North Korea as part of sanctions policy is pointless, as their current level is already minimal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. “It is because of threats against North Korea’s existence”, Rouhani said in a speech to his cabinet shown on state television.
Vladimir Putin has insisted President Trump was “not my bride and I’m not his groom” as he criticised the USA for its treatment of Russian diplomats on American soil.
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While agreeing on the seriousness of the North Korean nuclear program, Putin did not directly address the possibilities raised by Moon, suggesting instead that they discuss the issue at upcoming summit talks. He added: “If we see that the USA would do it to us, we would do it first”.
