FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 16, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow viewed the notion of "denuclearising" North Korea as a "closed issue" as it understood Pyongyang's logic of relying on nuclear weapons as the foundation of its defence.
Lavrov, answering a question on his ministry's website, said Russia would stand alongside North Korea in resisting what he said the U.S. portrays as "expanded nuclear deterrence" alongside South Korea and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region.
