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🇷🇺🇰🇷 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Korea Cho Hyun hold a meeting on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly

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In the context of the developments on the Korean Peninsula, the Russian Side noted the provocative nature of the United States and its Asian allies’ military activities aimed against the DPRK, as well as their policy of increasing sanctions and military pressure on Pyongyang.

Special emphasis was placed on the inevitable return to a mutually respectful dialogue based on the current realities on the peninsula in the interest of building a reliable mechanism for ensuring long-term peace and stability in Northeast Asia.