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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Kim Jong-un
Lavrov-Kim meeting in Pyongyang is the first time the Korean leader met a top Russian official.
31 May 2018
more on North Korea
On a visit to Pyongyang on Thursday - where he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho - Lavrov called for the phased lifting of sanctions on North Korea, indicating Pyongyang would not give up its nuclear weapons until that happens.
"It is absolutely obvious that - as we start discussions on how to resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula - it is understood that the solution cannot be comprehensive without the lifting of sanctions," Lavrov said at a press conference.
"This cannot be achieved at one go. There can be no immediate denuclearisation - this should be done step-by-step and all sides should go halfway during every single phase of this process."
Washington is pressing North Korea to quickly give up all its nuclear weapons in a verifiable way in return for lifting sanctions and economic incentives.
But analysts say North Korea will be unwilling to cede its nuclear deterrent unless it is given security guarantees that the US will not try to topple the regime.
Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on a trip seen as an attempt by Moscow to make its voice heard amid a flurry of negotiations over the North's nuclear disarmament.
His visit comes in advance of a possible landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader planned for June 12 in Singapore.
Moscow's top diplomat expressed Russia's support for the declaration between North and South Korea last month, in which they agreed to work for the denuclearisation of the peninsula.
North Korea's leader Kim - meeting a top Russian official for the first time - thanked Moscow for standing by Pyongyang as the country tries to come in from the diplomatic cold.
"The situation on the Korean Peninsula is changing according to the interests of two countries. I'm glad that Putin's government is acting in opposition to the domination of the United States, and we are always ready to negotiate with the Russian side," Kim was quoted as saying in Russian media.
An analyst said despite the Russian delegation's visit, Moscow does not have significant influence on North Korea's position in the nuclear talks.
"For North Korea, Russia is less important compared with South Korea, the United States and China," Andrei Lankov, a professor of Korean Studies at Kookmin University in Seoul, told Al Jazeera.
"The North Korean decision-makers largely concentrate on the countries that are especially important, which either constitute a potential or actual military threat like the United States and South Korea, or those that can be seen as a possible source of economic assistance and investment - like China and South Korea," Lankov said.
He added Russia is unlikely to invest any significant amount money in Pyongyang and does not have an active military presence in the region.
The meeting in Pyongyang comes hours after a senior North Korean official met the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York City.
Kim Yong-chol and Pompeo will hold two rounds of talks on Thursday between the former spy chiefs on the potential Singapore meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Disputes between Washington and Pyongyang led Trump to cancel the meeting - only to see a flurry of diplomatic efforts in recent days.
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Russian foreign minister meets Kim Jong Un, calls for lifting of sanctions
By Steve George, CNN
Updated 0942 GMT (1742 HKT) May 31, 2018
Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose during a meeting in Pyongyang, Thursday, May 31, 2018.
(CNN)Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a trip to Pyongyang Thursday, as Moscow steps up efforts to increase its influence in the region ahead of proposed talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho, Lavrov called for the phased lifting of sanctions on North Korea, suggesting that denuclearization would only be achievable if sanctions were scaled back.
"As we start discussions on how to resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula, it is understood that the solution cannot be comprehensive without the lifting of sanctions," Lavrov said according to state news agency Sputnik.
Lavrov's comments are likely to be met with frustration in Washington, where efforts are underway to convince North Korea to begin the process of nuclear disarmament ahead of the on-again off-again summit, tentatively scheduled for June 12.
The Trump administration has long maintained that the lifting of sanctions is dependent on the North's willingness to begin the process of full denuclearization. The success of the policy, known as the "maximum pressure campaign" remains dependent on the support of the international community, including Russia.
On Wednesday, Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York, their third meeting this year, as the two sides attempt to finalize their summit preconditions.
North Korean ex-spy chief meets with Pompeo in New York
Lavrov said he welcomed increasing contact between North Korea, South Korea and the United States and added that Russia had a "common understanding with the North Korean side about the need to take the utmost care about what is happening now in terms of establishing contacts, normalizing relations between the two Koreas, between the DPRK and the United States, and avoiding the temptation to demand 'everything at once.'"
However he cautioned against making "sudden moves, to artificially speed the process, which requires a considerable amount of time and a more detailed alignment of all components of the package."
Asked if he was concerned that Trump or the next US president might renege on a deal, Lavrov said: "I am sure that the North Korean side knows perfectly well the history of recent years and, of course, will determine its position taking into account all factors."
Old allies
On Thursday during his visit to Pyongyang, Lavrov laid a floral tribute before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il. The long-time Russian foreign minister has been to the North Korean capital before, including in 2009 during an earlier round of negotiations on North Korean disarmament. It's not known whether Lavrov's meeting with Kim Jong Un was planned prior to his latest visit.
During their encounter, Lavrov invited Kim to visit Moscow. "Come to Russia, we'll be happy to have you," Lavrov told Kim, according to Russian state media.
The entry of Russia into the fray surrounding North Korea comes amid a flurry of international diplomatic activity, as regional powers look to build alliances ahead of the possible June 12 Trump-Kim summit.
Earlier this month, Kim Jong Un traveled to the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the second meeting between the two leaders since March.
US sizes up Kim ahead of possible nuclear summit
However despite the fact that Russia and North Korea nations established relations 70 years ago, the shadow once cast by Russia has lessened in North Korea as Moscow's global influence has waned and its own economy has been shaken by international sanctions.
"Russia has far less influence or leverage with North Korea than China does, and that's not because of the military stuff, it's purely because of money," said Bruce Bechtol, a professor of political science at Angelo State University who has authored several books on North Korea.
He said Russia is the only country other than China that presents a "semblance of being an ally" to the isolated regime.
"During the Cold War, Russia subsidized everything in North Korea. North Korea was not a poor country, it was simply a subsidized member of what we can now call the Soviet Union's satellite states," he told CNN.
That all ended in 1991, said Bechtol, when the Berlin Wall came down, communism in the Soviet Union and its member states collapsed, and Russia opened its economic doors to the West.
From CNN's Vasco Cotovio in London, Alla Eschenko in Atlanta and Jamie Tarabay contributed to this report.
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GOAL! Putin enters the field! The world #1 nuke Czar!
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...ey-lavrov-meets-kim-jong-180531104510394.html
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Kim Jong-un
Lavrov-Kim meeting in Pyongyang is the first time the Korean leader met a top Russian official.
31 May 2018
more on North Korea
- Senior North Korean official set to meet Trump at White Housetoday
- North Korea's Kim Yong-chol in US for meeting with Mike Pompeoyesterday
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Kim Jong-unyesterday
- Trump says US-North Korea talks in New York 'very positive'today
On a visit to Pyongyang on Thursday - where he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho - Lavrov called for the phased lifting of sanctions on North Korea, indicating Pyongyang would not give up its nuclear weapons until that happens.
"It is absolutely obvious that - as we start discussions on how to resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula - it is understood that the solution cannot be comprehensive without the lifting of sanctions," Lavrov said at a press conference.
"This cannot be achieved at one go. There can be no immediate denuclearisation - this should be done step-by-step and all sides should go halfway during every single phase of this process."
Washington is pressing North Korea to quickly give up all its nuclear weapons in a verifiable way in return for lifting sanctions and economic incentives.
But analysts say North Korea will be unwilling to cede its nuclear deterrent unless it is given security guarantees that the US will not try to topple the regime.
Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on a trip seen as an attempt by Moscow to make its voice heard amid a flurry of negotiations over the North's nuclear disarmament.
His visit comes in advance of a possible landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader planned for June 12 in Singapore.
Moscow's top diplomat expressed Russia's support for the declaration between North and South Korea last month, in which they agreed to work for the denuclearisation of the peninsula.
North Korea's leader Kim - meeting a top Russian official for the first time - thanked Moscow for standing by Pyongyang as the country tries to come in from the diplomatic cold.
"The situation on the Korean Peninsula is changing according to the interests of two countries. I'm glad that Putin's government is acting in opposition to the domination of the United States, and we are always ready to negotiate with the Russian side," Kim was quoted as saying in Russian media.
An analyst said despite the Russian delegation's visit, Moscow does not have significant influence on North Korea's position in the nuclear talks.
"For North Korea, Russia is less important compared with South Korea, the United States and China," Andrei Lankov, a professor of Korean Studies at Kookmin University in Seoul, told Al Jazeera.
"The North Korean decision-makers largely concentrate on the countries that are especially important, which either constitute a potential or actual military threat like the United States and South Korea, or those that can be seen as a possible source of economic assistance and investment - like China and South Korea," Lankov said.
He added Russia is unlikely to invest any significant amount money in Pyongyang and does not have an active military presence in the region.
The meeting in Pyongyang comes hours after a senior North Korean official met the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York City.
Kim Yong-chol and Pompeo will hold two rounds of talks on Thursday between the former spy chiefs on the potential Singapore meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Disputes between Washington and Pyongyang led Trump to cancel the meeting - only to see a flurry of diplomatic efforts in recent days.
Inside Story
Is peace on the horizon between North and South Korea?
SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies
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Russian foreign minister meets Kim Jong Un, calls for lifting of sanctions
By Steve George, CNN
Updated 0942 GMT (1742 HKT) May 31, 2018
Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose during a meeting in Pyongyang, Thursday, May 31, 2018.
(CNN)Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a trip to Pyongyang Thursday, as Moscow steps up efforts to increase its influence in the region ahead of proposed talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho, Lavrov called for the phased lifting of sanctions on North Korea, suggesting that denuclearization would only be achievable if sanctions were scaled back.
"As we start discussions on how to resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula, it is understood that the solution cannot be comprehensive without the lifting of sanctions," Lavrov said according to state news agency Sputnik.
Lavrov's comments are likely to be met with frustration in Washington, where efforts are underway to convince North Korea to begin the process of nuclear disarmament ahead of the on-again off-again summit, tentatively scheduled for June 12.
The Trump administration has long maintained that the lifting of sanctions is dependent on the North's willingness to begin the process of full denuclearization. The success of the policy, known as the "maximum pressure campaign" remains dependent on the support of the international community, including Russia.
On Wednesday, Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York, their third meeting this year, as the two sides attempt to finalize their summit preconditions.
North Korean ex-spy chief meets with Pompeo in New York
Lavrov said he welcomed increasing contact between North Korea, South Korea and the United States and added that Russia had a "common understanding with the North Korean side about the need to take the utmost care about what is happening now in terms of establishing contacts, normalizing relations between the two Koreas, between the DPRK and the United States, and avoiding the temptation to demand 'everything at once.'"
However he cautioned against making "sudden moves, to artificially speed the process, which requires a considerable amount of time and a more detailed alignment of all components of the package."
Asked if he was concerned that Trump or the next US president might renege on a deal, Lavrov said: "I am sure that the North Korean side knows perfectly well the history of recent years and, of course, will determine its position taking into account all factors."
Old allies
On Thursday during his visit to Pyongyang, Lavrov laid a floral tribute before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il. The long-time Russian foreign minister has been to the North Korean capital before, including in 2009 during an earlier round of negotiations on North Korean disarmament. It's not known whether Lavrov's meeting with Kim Jong Un was planned prior to his latest visit.
During their encounter, Lavrov invited Kim to visit Moscow. "Come to Russia, we'll be happy to have you," Lavrov told Kim, according to Russian state media.
The entry of Russia into the fray surrounding North Korea comes amid a flurry of international diplomatic activity, as regional powers look to build alliances ahead of the possible June 12 Trump-Kim summit.
Earlier this month, Kim Jong Un traveled to the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the second meeting between the two leaders since March.
US sizes up Kim ahead of possible nuclear summit
However despite the fact that Russia and North Korea nations established relations 70 years ago, the shadow once cast by Russia has lessened in North Korea as Moscow's global influence has waned and its own economy has been shaken by international sanctions.
"Russia has far less influence or leverage with North Korea than China does, and that's not because of the military stuff, it's purely because of money," said Bruce Bechtol, a professor of political science at Angelo State University who has authored several books on North Korea.
He said Russia is the only country other than China that presents a "semblance of being an ally" to the isolated regime.
"During the Cold War, Russia subsidized everything in North Korea. North Korea was not a poor country, it was simply a subsidized member of what we can now call the Soviet Union's satellite states," he told CNN.
That all ended in 1991, said Bechtol, when the Berlin Wall came down, communism in the Soviet Union and its member states collapsed, and Russia opened its economic doors to the West.
From CNN's Vasco Cotovio in London, Alla Eschenko in Atlanta and Jamie Tarabay contributed to this report.
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