Military force ‘a road to nowhere’
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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin yesterday warned against using military force against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, calling it a “road to nowhere” that could lead to a “global catastrophe.”
Russia condemns North Korea’s nuclear test as “provocative,” Putin told a televised news conference in China.
But he stopped short of expressing willingness to impose more sanctions on North Korea, saying that Moscow views them as “useless and ineffective.”
Putin said North Korea’s neighbors should engage with it, not whip up “military hysteria.”
“It’s a road to nowhere. Whipping up military hysteria. This will lead to no good,” he said. “It could cause a global catastrophe and an enormous loss of life.”
Putin told reporters that he had remarked to one of his counterparts at the BRICS summit in Xiamen that North Korea “will eat grass but will not give up the (nuclear) program if they don’t feel safe.”
Putin said it was important that all parties affected by the crisis, including North Korea, not face “threats of annihilation” and “step on the path of cooperation.”
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