Vladimir Putin "condemns these exercises" of North Korea, but privileges "a dialogue between all the interested parties", if not "all this can lead to a planetary catastrophe".
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ruled "unnecessary and ineffective" the use of new sanctions against Pyongyang, saying that "engaging in military hysteria" around North Korea "makes no sense."
"Russia condemns these exercises" of North Korea, which claimed Sunday the successful test of a bomb H, "but the use of any sanctions in this case is useless and ineffective," hammered the president Russian border, on the sidelines of a summit in China. "Engaging in military hysteria makes no sense (...) All this can lead to a planetary catastrophe," he finally said.
The head of the Kremlin spoke on the sidelines of a summit of the emerging powers of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in Xiamen, south-east China.
North Koreans "will not give up their nuclear program"
Following the sixth nuclear test in Pyongyang, the most powerful to date, the United States, together with its European and Japanese allies, announced on Monday to negotiate tough new UN sanctions against North Korea, but Beijing's position and Moscow, endowed with a right of veto, remained uncertain.
The North Koreans "will not give up their (nuclear) program if they do not feel safe. We must therefore try to launch a dialogue between all the interested parties," pleaded Vladimir Putin.
"All this can lead to a global catastrophe and a large number of victims"
On the other hand, he criticized any possible military response, an option that Washington has not ruled out: "To engage in military hysteria has no meaning, it is a path that leads to a dead end," insisted the head of the Kremlin.
"All this can lead to a global catastrophe and a large number of victims," he warned.
Vladimir Putin seemed to be joining the position defended by Beijing, which advocates a "peaceful resolution" of the North Korean crisis and the resumption of talks with the regime of Kim Jong-Un.
In contrast, US President Donald Trump, who had promised last month in Pyongyang "fire and fury" if he continued his threats to Washington, ruled Sunday that now "any appeasement speech will not work" .
In response to Sunday's nuclear test, South Korea launched land-based maneuvers on Monday, and the South Korean navy on Tuesday engaged in real-life maneuvers, which were supposed to deter Pyongyang from any provocation at sea.
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