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Medvedev says Iran, DPRK nuke issues different
MOSCOW, Jul 04, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
said the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) raised more concerns than the Iranian one, news
agencies reported on Saturday.
"I believe that the situation, say, in Iran and DPRK are
different ... We are closely watching nuclear programs in these
countries," Interfax quoted Medvedev as saying in an interview
with Italian media ahead of next week's G8 summit in central
Italy.
The president said Russia was ready to assist the United States
in establishing closer and sincere relations with Iran.
Additional sanctions "can only complicate the situation if they
are introduced now," Medvedev was quoted as saying by Itar-Tass,
referring to the proposal to impose sanctions against Iran over
its alleged crackdown on election protests.
Medvedev said he was more concerned about the situation in DPRK
"because Iran communicates with the international community, but
DRPK has now practically severed all of its contacts."
The group of six parties, which has been involved in talks on
the Korean peninsula nuclear issue, "is not active at the moment,"
he said.
"We should seek ways and approaches to get our DPRK colleagues
to communicate," he said, adding that there is no alternative to
dialogue with DPRK.
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