US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington hoped to receive more help from Russian President Vladimir Putin in efforts to convince North Korea to abandon its missile and nuclear weapons program. Both the presidents had a telephone conversation on Thursday, reports Reuters.
While talking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump shared a couple of things from his conversation with President Putin.
He said very nice things about what I have done for the country in terms of the economy, and he said also some negative things in terms of what is going on elsewhere.Donald Trump To AFP
However, the major point of the conversation was regarding North Korea, as America particularly wants Russia’s help in dealing with it, reported AFP.
China is helping, Russia is not helping. We would like to have Russia’s help.Donald Trump
Initially, Russia had refused to be the part of United Nation policy to hit North Korea financially. They claimed that they were reaching a ‘red line’ which would cause ‘economic strangulation’.
In fact, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Igor Morgulov had told Express that Russia would not be a part of it.
The minister also added that he considers the move counterproductive and also said that sanctions hurt ordinary people and that could not be ignored, reported the Express.
We consider this counterproductive, since economic pressure alone will not lead to the outcome we seek; the resolution of the nuclear problem in the Korean Peninsula. Also, there is a humanitarian dimension, since sanctions hurt ordinary people in the first place, which we have to take into account.Igor Morgulov
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will address the UN Security Council on Friday on how to deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests, as reported by AFP.
With inputs from AFP, Reuters and Express
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