Those speaking with DPRK from a position of strength, make its regime stronger - Putin

MOSCOW, October 4./TASS/. Those who speak with Pyongyang from a position of strength are strengthening the North Korean regime, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum on Wednesday. In reply to the question whether Russia is worried about Pyongyang’s nuclear tests, Putin said "We have a common border with North Korea. A nuclear test site is in Korea 200 kilometers from our border. Where is the US situated, where is Russia and North Korea? We are no less anxious about it than you are. Even more," Putin said. The Russian leader said Russia has practically no trade-economic relations with North Korea. "We are supplying about 40,000 tonnes of oil there, and none of the vertically integrated companies is supplying anything, only small companies, dealers. This is zero, almost nothing. No cooperation, nothing to speak about and nothing to discuss here," the president added. Read more