Putin, after meeting S.Korean leader, calls for talks on N.Korea crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on Wednesday after which he condemned North Korea’s missile testing and called for talks to try to resolve the crisis.
UPDATE: South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday said a cut in oil supplies to North Korea was inevitable, and he had asked Russia to cooperate, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported from Vladivostok.
Moon is in Russia and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
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A Blue House spokesman was unable to confirm the report immediately.
UPDATE: South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared an understanding that resolving the North Korea nuclear issue is a top priority for development in East Asia.
Moon, making the comments at a joint media conference with Putin after a meeting in Russia, said the Russian president expressed his full support for South Korea’s efforts to handle issues related to North Korea.
Moon and Putin met on the sidelines of an Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok, that began on Wednesday.
Putin, speaking in the Russian Pacific port city of Vladivostok, said it was not possible to resolve the North Korean crisis with just sanctions and pressure alone.
Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programme was a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions, said Putin.
“Without political and diplomatic tools, it is impossible to make headway in the current situation; to be more precise, it is impossible at all,” Putin said at a joint news conference with his South Korean counterpart.
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