Japan calls on Russia to take bigger role on North Korean threat
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Denmark, July 10, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) Japan and its international allies will push for Russia to do more to rein North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, a Japanese official said during a visit to Denmark on Monday.
“Russia has an important role to play in dealing with the North Korea problem and we will encourage Russia to perform an even greater role in the de-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
“For now Japan did not see a huge impact on the economy despite some negative stock-market reaction to the tensions growing on the Korean peninsula,” a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Norio Maruyama said.
The message echoed statements made during the G20 summit last week, when Japan, the U.S. and South Korea agreed to push for China to play a larger role in reining in North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. (Reuters/NAN)
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