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Vladimir Putin says North Korean missile test ‘dangerous’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that North Korea's latest missile test was "dangerous", but he warned that Pyongyang was…

AFP | Beijing | May 15, 2017 11:54 am

Vladimir Putin says North Korean missile test ‘dangerous’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that North Korea's latest missile test was "dangerous", but he warned that Pyongyang was being intimidated and called for a peaceful solution to regional tensions.

"We are categorically against the expansion of the club of nuclear powers," Putin told reporters after an international forum in Beijing, adding however that "we must stop intimidating North Korea".

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