KCTV (Russia, DPRK Consultations on Inter-Korean Tension)

Korean Central Television (조선중앙방송) DPRK FM Spokesman on Talks between DPRK and Russia Pyongyang, December 14 A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the talks held between foreign ministers of the DPRK and Russia in Moscow: Pak Ui Chun, foreign minister of the DPRK on a visit to Russia at the invitation of its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, had talks with his Russian counterpart and signed the 2011-2012 plan for exchange between the two foreign ministries in Moscow on December 13. At the talks both sides estimated the fact that the two countries jointly commemorated in a significant manner the 10th anniversary of the DPRK-Russia joint declaration and the conclusion of the DPRK-Russia treaty this year and had an in-depth discussion on the matters of further developing the traditional DPRK-Russia relations of friendship and cooperation before reaching an agreement of views. An open-hearted exchange of views was also made there on regional and international issues of mutual concern. The Russian side gave a profound understanding of the DPRK's stand toward the grave situation recently prevailed on the Korean Peninsula and expressed deep apprehension over the facts that the Yonphyong Island incident occurred due to south Korea's provocation and the US and south Korea have staged large-scale military exercises one after another, steadily aggravating the situation of the peninsula. On the LWR ...
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