Russia does not accept a nuclear North Korea – Lavrov
Source: Russia does not accept a nuclear North Korea – Lavrov — RT News
The green light from Russia !
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. © Iliya Pitalev / Sputnik
Lavrov added that there was an overwhelming amount of belligerent rhetoric on North Korea’s nuclear and rocket programs from Washington and Pyongyang, and that Russia hopes that ultimately common sense will prevail.
Lavrov noted that North Korea had once signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but then withdrew from it.
“Now [North Korea] claims that it has legal rights to make nuclear weapons and has already [done so],” he said. “But you know our position: we don’t accept the fact that North Korea could possess nuclear weapons.”
Both Russia and China have a “range of proposals” aimed at preventing what could become “one of the deepest conflicts” and a “crisis with a big number of casualties.”
According to the Russian foreign minister, there is the strong risk that Washington and Pyongyang could engage in military conflict.
“There are direct threats of deploying [military] power,” he stated.
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“The side that is stronger and cleverer” should take the first step to defuse tensions, he said speaking live on state television.
A similar position was voiced earlier on Friday by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said Berlin would support “any non-military solutions” regarding North Korea but deemed an escalation of rhetoric “the wrong answer.”
“I don’t see a military solution to this conflict,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin. “I see the need for enduring work at the UN Security Council … as well as tight cooperation between the countries involved, especially the US and China.”
WarSclerotic 
August 11, 2017 at 3:54 PM
Does this mean that Russia will also not support Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah?
August 11, 2017 at 4:44 PM
If the alternatives given to them are better they will drop their support, their support is not from love but from a defense point of view if we can get rid of that false USA bad Russia paradigm we can solve a lot of the problems in world FAST !.
But what gonna do the USA military/industrial complex ?
But it would be nice to have plowshares made by Raytheon and powered by Boeing engines ! if you get my drift !
A different export market but what the heck i can dream , can I ?
PS: And Israel would be a whole lot safer if the USA and Russia could team up !
August 11, 2017 at 6:42 PM
Again, you say Russia’s behavior is the fault of the USA? Not buying it Joop. Still, that doesn’t explain their support of Iran. Remember Iran? Look at the banner at the top of this page. ‘JW reports from the Israel / Iran war’. Instead of defending the Ruskies, shouldn’t we be discussing the existential threat of a nuclear Iran. Remember this…
August 11, 2017 at 6:54 PM
LS you are stuck in a mind loop , i will not explain it again , waste of time .
August 11, 2017 at 7:48 PM
I’d rather you didn’t. But if it makes you feel better, I’ll say something nice about Putin:
President Trump Thanks Putin for Pushing Out US Diplomats, ‘We Want to Reduce Our Payroll’
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/president-trump-thanks-putin-pushing-us-diplomats-want-reduce-payroll/
Thank you , Vlad.