North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin calls sanctions useless

[JI7]

Source: bbc

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said pursuing further sanctions against North Korea is "useless", saying "they'd rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme".

The US said on Monday it would table a new UN resolution on tougher sanctions in the wake of the latest test of a nuclear bomb by the North on Sunday.

Mr Putin also said that the ramping up of "military hysteria" could lead to global catastrophe.

He said diplomacy was the only answer.

On Tuesday, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said after a conversation with her Chinese counterpart that she believed Beijing "could be open to more sanctions".

Mr Putin said Russia's trade with North Korea was negligible and did not violate current international sanctions.





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[Doodley]

1. Hard to argue with Putin on this one.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Especially since he's talking out of both sides of his mouth

Wants diplomacy, but no sanctions.

[rpannier]

4. Not surprised

Since Putin wants the sanctions against his kleptocratic oligarchy lifted

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[gordianot]

2. How well does Putin understand his good friend the Donald?

The deplorables who support Donald need to be experienced first hand and defy description. There may be those who eat grass, snakes, insects but right here in the USA there are those who eat the lies of Donald Trump as well as those who postulate with a few changes Donald could be Presidential. Putin and his protege Trump are the very definition of useless. We are swimming in a sea of useless.

[FLPanhandle]

5. Sanctions hurt Russia, so, of course, Putin is against it.

If Putin doesn't like the U.S. approach, he shouldn't have installed Trump as president.

[rockfordfile]

6. Trump is the Russian puppet