SINGAPORE (Sputnik) — Russia calls for "positive pressure" on North Korea in the issues of nuclear, as well as of missile proliferation, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Sunday.
"There is just one option for us — to continue positive, positive, I would like to emphasize, pressure on government of North Korea to rethink about the behavior regarding the missile and nuclear proliferation," Antonov said at the "IISS Shangri-La Dialogue" Asia Security Summit in Singapore, adding that Moscow would not recognize Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated after North Korea successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.
