MOSCOW, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia and South Korea on Monday called for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
"We reaffirmed the commitment of both countries to the goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and in this regard stressed that both Russia and South Korea will not accept the self-proclaimed nuclear status of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se.
Lavrov said that Russia would pursue the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2270 adopted in March to curb the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs.
"We consider it unacceptable to turn the region into a confrontation area, as all problems should be settled by negotiations," Lavrov said.
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