WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — In September, top security officials from Russia and South Korea reached an agreement to hold bilateral talks aimed at establishing and maintaining regional peace and stability.
“To deter any strategic provocation by the North, Korea and the United States will continue to strengthen coordinative efforts with international community, including China, Russia and Japan,” Park stated in a press conference.
North Korea claimed a month earlier it would launch a geostationary satellite, which is believed by Seoul to be a rocket carrier, at a time of its choosing. Pyongyang has also stated that its main nuclear facility has resumed operations.
North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005, and conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013. Pyongyang has never made public how many nuclear weapons it possesses.
