
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow wants to develop "equal and fair cooperation" with North Korea despite sanctions imposed on Pyongyang by the UN Security Council.
"We have not announced sanctions against North Korea, the Security Council did that. So appeal to the Security Council and we will develop equal and fair cooperation with North Korea ," Lavrov said in a state television interview, parts of which were broadcast on Sunday.
The Kremlin said earlier that it abides by UN sanctions, but that it has the right to develop neighborly relations, including on sensitive topics.
The United States and its allies worry about warming military ties between the two neighbors as Russia pushes ahead with its invasion of Ukraine and North Korea, an isolated communist state, continues its missile and nuclear development.
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