Wed, May 27, 2009
MOSCOW, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak pledged to participate in mapping out a new UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.
The leaders, during phone talks, exchanged views on the evolving situation after the DPRK's nuclear test and other moves of Pyongyang that led to the escalation of tensions in northeastern Asia, the Kremlin said.
Medvedev said "the nuclear test is a direct violation of the UNSecurity Council Resolution 1718 and contradicts international legal norms," it said.
They pledged to actively take part in working out a new UN Security Council resolution on the DPRK and continue close consultations with partners at the six-party talks on the Korean peninsula nuclear problem, it said.
Also on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed Pyongyang's nuclear test over phone, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The top diplomats discussed in general the contents of the future UN Security Council resolution concerning the issue, the foreign ministry said.
The DPRK said Monday it has successfully conducted "one more" underground nuclear test.
The UN Security Council on Monday denounced the nuclear test as a "clear violation" of UN Resolution 1718 adopted in October 2006 after DPRK's first nuclear test and said it would seek a new resolution immediately.
The 1718 resolution forbids the DPRK from conducting any future nuclear tests or missile launches.
