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Putin Says Trump Is Seeking to Defuse North Korea Tensions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Putin Says Trump Is Seeking to Defuse North Korea Tensions:- Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Trump administration was willing to solve the North Korean crisis through diplomacy, while reiterating that more sanctions wouldn\u2019t prompt Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe see the administration\u2019s desire to defuse this situation,\u201d Putin said of the U.S. on Thursday at a forum in Vladivostok. He sat next to the leaders of two American allies, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that things won\u2019t get to the point of a large-scale conflict, especially involving the use of weapons of mass destruction,\u201d Putin said. \u201cAll the conflicting sides have enough common sense and understanding of their responsibility to people, and we will be able to resolve this problem by diplomatic means.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Putin has led a push to restart dialogue over North Korea\u2019s nuclear program in recent days while the U.S. seeks to rally the United Nations Security Council for tougher sanctions, including a ban on oil imports. Russia and China, both of which can veto UN resolutions, are reluctant to impose any measures that could prompt Kim\u2019s regime to collapse.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea may fire another intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday to mark the anniversary of its founding, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said in Seoul on Thursday. The yen strengthened on Lee\u2019s remarks, which echoed previous comments from other officials who see Kim accelerating his push to acquire the capability to strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will reply to U.S. barbarian sanctions and pressure with our powerful countermeasures,\u201d North Korea said in a Russian-language statement released in Vladivostok on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

China will support further UN action if it helps restart dialogue with North Korea, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. Asked about a potential ban on crude exports to North Korea, Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng reiterated that China will strictly enforce UN resolutions without directly commenting on the merits of the proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n

A day earlier, President Donald Trump said he had a \u201cvery, very frank\u201d phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not be putting up with what\u2019s happening in North Korea,\u201d Trump told reporters Wednesday after the 45-minute conversation. Asked about possible U.S. military action, the president said \u201cThat\u2019s not our first choice, but we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. is circulating a draft resolution at the United Nations that would bar crude oil shipments to North Korea, ban the nation\u2019s exports of textiles and prohibit employment of its guest workers by other countries, according to a diplomat at the world body.<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposal, which also calls for freezing Kim\u2019s assets, has been circulated to the 15 members of the Security Council, according to the diplomat, who asked not to be identified discussing internal deliberations. The U.S. has said it wants the council to take up tougher sanctions at a meeting Sept. 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Impossible to Scare\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Putin said on Thursday that North Korea won\u2019t agree to end its nuclear program in return for easing sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to scare them,\u201d Putin said of North Korea. \u201cThey think that means the next step for them is an invitation to the cemetery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Moon said that South Korea was increasing pressure on Pyongyang in the hope of achieving a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can say for sure that there will be no war on the Korean peninsula again,\u201d Moon said. The U.S. also wants to resolve the North Korean issue through talks, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abe took a harder line, saying that North Korea must be made to give up its entire nuclear weapons and missile program. He added that North Korea was a grave and immediate threat.<\/span><\/p>\n

The comments from Putin, Moon and Abe in Vladivostok came hours after South Korea bolstered its defenses against North Korean rockets, with the arrival of four launchers for a U.S. missile shield at a military base in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

China has opposed South Korea move to install the U.S. missile defense system known as Thaad, saying it could upset the regional security balance and be used against its own missile systems. Beijing on Thursday repeated a request to withdraw the system made by Lockheed Martin Corp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thaad is designed to destroy short-and-medium-range ballistic missiles at high altitudes in their \u201cterminal\u201d phase, as they descend. It\u2019s different from conventional defense missiles, which seek to get close to a target and self-detonate to damage or deflect the threat.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile last month over Japan, which it called a \u201cprelude\u201d to launching rockets toward the U.S. territory of Guam.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Japan was preparing for various scenarios, including North Korea\u2019s development of electromagnetic pulse attack capability<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-09-07\/putin-moon-see-trump-as-willing-to-defuse-north-korea-crisis<\/span><\/p>\n

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