Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urges Washington not to use force against North Korea, as tensions surge after the latest missile test by Pyongyang.
In a phone call late Wednesday with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Lavrov “underscored…the need to refrain from any military steps that could have unpredictable consequences,” the foreign ministry in Moscow says.
Russia’s lead diplomat says any attempts to toughen sanctions against North Korea would be “counterproductive and dangerous” while condemning Pyongyang’s shooting of a missile over Japan as a “gross violation” of United Nations resolutions.
Early on Tuesday, the reclusive state fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 over Japan, prompting US President Donald Trump to insist that “all options” were on the table in an implied threat of preemptive military action.
The UN Security Council denounced North Korea’s latest missile test, unanimously demanding that Pyongyang halt the program.
— AFP
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