MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia is open to any constructive proposals on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, Russian Foreign Ministry Envoy Grigory Logvinov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
“We have a schedule for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and we believe it’s correct and the most realistic. But we are of course open to discussion of any other constructive proposals,” Logvinov said.
According to Logvinov, Russia will "look at how we see the possibility of resuming the six-party talks."
North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005 and has conducted three nuclear tests – in 2006, 2009 and 2013. Pyongyang has never made public how many bombs it has.
The six-party talks, comprising North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the United States, were launched in 2003, following Pyongyang's withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The negotiations stalled in 2009 after North Korea refused to take part in the discussion.
