Russia Rejects Mediation in DPRK Nuclear Issue

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Russia Rejects Mediation in DPRK Nuclear Issue

Russia does not intend to act as a mediator in the settlement of the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

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Russia does not intend to act as a mediator in the settlement of the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry made the statement in response to the comment made by visiting head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed el Baradei, who said on Wednesday that Russia could become a leading mediator in settling the DPRK's stagnated nuclear crisis.

It expressed the belief that the issue can be resolved through constructive dialogue on a bilateral and multilateral basis, in which the positions and interests of all parties involved will be taken into account.

It noted that Russia intends to continue active diplomatic efforts to promote such dialogue, including that between the DPRK and the United States.

Moscow has promised to send Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov as an envoy to Pyongyang to help resolve the standoff.

Losyukov, who is due to leave for Pyongyang later Thursday, would make a stopover in Beijing, China on his way to the DPRK capital.

He will discuss with the DPRK leadership the situation on the Korean Peninsula and ways to normalize it, Foreign Ministry officials said.

Russia has outlined for the DPRK nuclear crisis "a package settlement plan," which calls for guaranteeing the non-nuclear status of the Korean Peninsula, strict adherence to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a 1994 agreement under which DPRK froze its nuclear program in return for fuel supplies by the United States.

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