MOSCOW. Nov 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that Moscow does not have any information indicating that Pyongyang is holding nuclear weapons. weapons]," Ivanov told journalists in Moscow on Wednesday.
"We know about the statement that was made during talks between the U.S. and North Korean authorities. I think that it is difficult to see something certain in this statement," the defense minister said.
He said that "the Foreign Minister has sent a request to North Korea asking to clarify where things stand." "As far as I know, there has been no response so far. Therefore, I would not make defense minister said.
Ivanov noted that "Russia has pushed and will continue to push for the nuclear-free status of the Korean Peninsula, and that all the parties involved in the process, not only North and South Koreas, strictly adhere to the existing agreements and norms."