N.Korea n-test not an excuse for arms race Russia

Nuclear tests by North Korea should not be used to justify a new round of arms race, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

“This is principally important not to use the current situation to spin up modern arms and any other weapons in that region, neither to use that situation as an excuse for military intervention from outside,” Xinhua quoted Lavrov as saying after his meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

He said Moscow and Beijing agreed that nuclear tests conducted in North Korea were unacceptable and deserved condemnation.

The UN Security Council recently strongly condemned the third underground nuclear test conducted by North Korea, saying the move by Pyongyang was “a grave violation” of relevant resolutions of the council.