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N Korea Can Only Address Issues Via Politics, Diplomacy - Foreign Ministry

© Sputnik / Natalia Seliverstova / Go to the mediabankThe Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square in Moscow
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Russian Foreign Ministry said that political and diplomatic means are the only method of resolving issues, including North Korea's nuclear launches, on the Korean Peninsula.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Political and diplomatic means are the only method of resolving issues, including North Korea's nuclear launches, on the Korean Peninsula, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

"We are convinced there is no alternative to the settlement of the Korean Peninsula's issues, including nuclear, to the only possible political and diplomatic means," the ministry said.

All interested parties should maintain the presence of mind and avoid exacerbating tensions in light of North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

Pyongyang reportedly declared its launch as successful on Monday. The missile blasted off early Sunday from an airbase in the western province of North Pyongan. It traveled around 300 miles across North Korea and into the Sea of Japan.

"In the evolving circumstances we call on all parties concerned to exercise composure, to refrain from actions that lead to further escalation of tensions," the ministry said.

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