Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe have called on North Korea and other countries to avoid antagonising tensions around Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe have called on North Korea and other countries to avoid antagonising tensions around Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
The Japanese prime minister and Russia’s president met in Moscow and said they had agreed to cooperate closely to try to help defuse the situation.
Putin said both leaders considered that things had taken a turn for the worse on the Korean peninsula.
“We call on all governments involved to refrain from using belligerent rhetoric and to strive for peaceful constructive dialogue, ” he said, adding that he wanted six-party international talks on North Korea to resume.
