Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently declared that “denuclearizing North Korea is a closed issue as it understands North Korea’s logic that nuclear weapons are a foundation of its defense.” He went on to say that Russia will stand with North Korea in resisting what he said the U.S. portrays as expanded nuclear deterrence with South Korea and Japan.
Russia's nuclear partnership with North Korea
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Mr. Lavrov said in an interview with Sky News Arabia that was posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website Friday.
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