Iran deal failure to be alarming signal for situation around North Korea - Lavrov

UNITED NATIONS, January 18 ./TASS/. If the nuclear deal with Iran fails, it will be an alarming signal for international security, including for the settlement around North Korea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a session of the UN Security Council on issues of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. "It is evident that the failure of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), all the more through the fault of one of the participants in the P5+1 group, will become an alarming signal for the whole architecture of international security, including prospects for the settlement of the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula," Lavrov said. "We confirm the topicality of the road map suggested by the Russian Federation and China in the interests of an entirely peaceful settlement of this problem," he said. Lavrov reiterated that "the UN Security Council supported the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by unanimously passing the relevant resolution, and thus it is responsible for its implementation". "Iran strictly abides by its commitments, which is regularly confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency," he added. "The overwhelming majority of the international community recognize that the JCPOA makes a tangible contribution to the strengthening of the nonproliferation regime and to the maintenance of peace and security," Lavrov stressed. Read more