MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea's
underground nuclear test and surface-to-air missile launches
carried out earlier on Monday violate treaties and threaten
security in the region, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a
statement.
The nuclear test "is a serious blow to international
efforts aimed at strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty, and undermines the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty," the
ministry said.
The North's actions "provoke an escalation of tensions in
northeast Asia, and threaten security and stability in the
region."
"We acknowledge North Korea's lawful concerns, and do not
see other ways of ensuring its security rather than through the
diplomatic route, by forming regional institutions with the
involvement of all interested parties," the ministry said.
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