Economic blockade of North Korea won’t settle its nuclear issue - Russia’s ambassador

SEOUL, February 2. /TASS/. Economic blockade of North Korea won’t settle its nuclear issue, Alexander Timonin, Russia’s ambassador to the republic of Korea told a press conference on Tuesday. "As for effectiveness of economic sanctions, we think, they did not have a proper effect in any country they were introduced against. That is why there are huge doubts that the further use of isolation measures, the economic blockade of North Korea will lead to desirable results." Timonin also said that Russian economic cooperation with North Korea "develops and will develop in the fields which are not related to the creation of weapons of mass destruction, nuclear missile weapons." On January 6, the authorities of North Korea announced a successful test of a hydrogen bomb. Before that the country carried out three nuclear tests, in 2006, 2009 and 2013. In this regard, the UN Security Council, as well as the US, Japan and South Korea introduced a variety of sanctions against Pyongyang. Currently, introduction of additional tougher sanctions against North Korea is being discussed. Read more