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Russia urges DPRK to demonstrate responsibility

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-25 19:37

MOSCOW -- Russia urges the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to demonstrate responsibility, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Monday.

The ministry said in a statement that the nuclear problem on Korean peninsula can only be solved through six-party talks.

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The ministry also said that the DPRK underground nuclear test conducted earlier on Monday has breached the UN Security Council resolution that asks Pyongyang to restrain from such tests.

"We cannot describe the DPRK move other than as a breach of UN Security Council resolution 1718, which prohibits Pyongyang from carrying out nuclear tests," the ministry said.

"The DPRK nuclear test has a serious impact on international efforts aiming to strengthen the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and breaches the international regime provided by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty," the ministry said.