President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a «major conflict» looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for crisis talks as France’s foreign minister warned of a possible threat to Europe. Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific, escalating
President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a «major conflict» looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for crisis talks as France’s foreign minister warned of a possible threat to Europe.
Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific, escalating tensions over its atomic programme which have led to bellicose exchanges between Washington and Pyongyang.
Putin warned that the region was «on the brink of a major conflict».
«The problems in the region will only be solved via direct dialogue between all concerned parties, without preconditions, » Putin said in a Kremlin statement, warning that «threats, pressure and insulting and militant rhetoric are a dead end.»
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meanwhile said North Korea was close to being able to launch long-range missiles.
«The situation is extremely serious… We see a North Korea whose objective is to have missiles capable of transporting a nuclear weapon tomorrow, » he told RTL radio.
