Economics
Putin Says Trump Is Seeking to Defuse North Korea Tensions
- ‘It’s impossible to scare them,’ Putin says of North Koreans
- South Korea’s Moon says ‘there will be no war’ on peninsula
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Trump administration was willing to solve the North Korean crisis through diplomacy, while reiterating that more sanctions wouldn’t prompt Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons.
“We see the administration’s desire to defuse this situation,” Putin said of the U.S. on Thursday at a forum in Vladivostok. He sat next to the leaders of two American allies, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.