Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said his country has never supported a total embargo of North Korea commenting on US President Donald Trump's call on the world to abandon support for Pyongyang.
"We have never supported the idea of a total embargo of the DPRK, like any other country.
We believe that the real problem of violation of a series of UN Security Council resolutions by Pyongyang and Pyongyang's provocative actions occurred in the past should be resolved in a completely different way," Ryabkov said.
"Pushing, pressure, sanctions, especially the blockade, embargo" are not the way Russia acts in the global arena, Ryabkov added.
"We cannot support such calls. We think that there is an alternative. We think that joint Russian-Chinese proposals, if they are perceived in a proper manner, in this case I am referring to my colleagues in Washington, will give momentum to the political process," the diplomat underlined.
Comment: The only rogue regimes threatening the world with Armageddon are Israel and the U.S.