MOSCOW, Russia \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Pyongyang’s claim it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb was a threat to regional pe<\/b>
\nMOSCOW, Russia \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Pyongyang\u2019s claim it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb was a threat to regional peace and issued an appeal for calm.
North Korea\u2019s sixth and most powerful nuclear test \u201ctorpedoes the global non-proliferation regime, violates UN Security Council resolutions and international law, and creates a threat for regional peace and stability, \u201d Putin said in a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to the Kremlin.
Putin said the crisis on the Korean peninsula problems \u201cshould be resolved only by political and diplomatic means, \u201d a Kremlin statement said.
The international community \u201cshould not yield to emotions, (but) act in a calm and balanced manner\u201d, he added.
Earlier, the Russian foreign ministry said Pyongyang\u2019s \u201cdisregard\u201d of UN Security Council resolutions and international law deserved \u201cthe strongest condemnation\u201d.
The ministry said it regretted that the leadership of North Korea was \u201ccreating a serious threat\u201d for the region and warned that \u201cthe continuation of such a line is fraught with serious consequences\u201d for Pyongyang.
\u201cWe call on all interested parties to immediately return to dialogue and negotiations as the only possible way for an overall settlement of the problems of the Korean peninsula, \u201d it said.
The ministry said Moscow remained committed to a joint Russian-Chinese proposal that would see Pyongyang halt weapons tests in return for the United States suspending military exercises in the region. CBB<\/p>\n

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