North Korea in ‘hot phase’: Russia WILL act with China & India to protect Kim – WW3 threat
RUSSIA has warned the stand-off between the US and North Korea is moving towards a “hot phase” as fears continue over World War 3.
By MARK CHANDLER
Express.co.uk
Mon, Dec 11, 2017
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the risks of tensions escalating were very high.
And he announced Russia, India and China were ready to intervene in the conflict.
Mr Lavrov insisted the row over Pyongyang’s missiles programme could only be solved through diplomatic means.
He was speaking after a ministerial meeting between Russia, India and China.
Mr Lavrov warned: “We shared our opinions regarding the situation on the Korean Peninsula that remains extremely tense.
“We pointed to the absence of an alternative to the solution of the specified problem solely by political and diplomatic means in line with the Russian-Chinese roadmap.”
Diplomatic tensions have soared between Washington and Pyongyang again in recent weeks over Kim Jong-un’s military ambitions.
But China and Russia have vowed to stand-by the otherwise diplomatically isolated nation.
It comes after Russian armed forces chief General Valery Gerasimov warned military exercises by Japan, South Korea and the US were causing “hysteria” on the peninsula.
He said: “Carrying out military training in regions surrounding North Korea will only heighten hysteria and make the situation unstable.”
This week’s exercise by the allies will see them share information on tracking ballistic missiles.
That happened just days after large-scale drills by US and South Korean forces that North Korea said made the outbreak of war “an established fact”.
China, the North’s main trading partner, has also repeatedly called for the United States and South Korea to stop their exercises.
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