Moscow Oct 20 (IANS) Russia has always favoured a civilized way to settle all disputes including the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue said President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
North Korea should not be cornered or intimidated he said at a meeting of Russian thinktank Valdai Discussion Club here although Russia condemns Pyongyang s nuclear tests and adheres to UN sanctions Xinhua reported.
Whether someone likes or dislikes North Korea it is a sovereign country Putin noted according to an official transcript of his speech.
"We are firmly convinced that even the most complex knots -- be it the crisis in Syria or Libya the Korean Peninsula or Ukraine -- must be disentangled rather than cut " he said.
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