{"id":40330,"date":"2017-08-12T05:49:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T05:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40330"},"modified":"2017-08-12T05:49:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T05:49:56","slug":"russia-says-bellicose-rhetoric-on-north-korea-is-over-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/russia-says-bellicose-rhetoric-on-north-korea-is-over-the-top.html","title":{"rendered":"Russia says bellicose rhetoric on North Korea is over the top"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia says bellicose rhetoric on North Korea is over the top<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Russia says bellicose rhetoric on North Korea is over the top:- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the risks of a military conflict over North Korea’s nuclear program are very high, and Moscow is deeply worried by the mutual threats being traded by Washington and Pyongyang.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, the rhetoric in Washington and Pyongyang is now starting to go over the top,” Lavrov said. “We still hope and believe that common sense will prevail.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked at a forum for Russian students about the risks of the stand-off escalating into armed conflict, he said: “The risks are very high, especially taking into account the rhetoric.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Direct threats of using force are heard… The talk (in Washington) is that there must be a preventive strike made on North Korea, while Pyongyang is threatening to carry out a missile strike on the U.S. base in Guam. These (threats) continue non-stop, and they worry us a lot.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I won’t get into guessing what happens ‘if’. We will do whatever we can to prevent this ‘if’.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“My personal opinion is that when you get close to the point of a fight breaking out, the side that is stronger and cleverer should take the first step away from the threshold of danger,” said Lavrov, in remarks broadcast on state television.<\/span><\/p>\n

He encouraged Pyongyang and Washington to sign up to a joint Russian-Chinese plan, under which North Korea would freeze its missile tests and the United States and South Korea would impose a moratorium on large-scale military exercises.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If this double freezing finally takes place, then we can sit down and start from the very beginning – to sign a paper which will stress respect for the sovereignty of all those parties involved, including North Korea,” Lavrov said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-missiles-russia-usa-idUSKBN1AR1BY<\/span><\/p>\n

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