Russia Again Blames U.S. For North Korea Impasse
June 05, 2007
June 5, 2007 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States of putting "brakes" on North Korea's nuclear-disarmament process.
Lavrov said today in Seoul, South Korea, that Washington's failure to free North Korean funds frozen in a Macau bank is preventing the implementation of an accord under which Pyongyang must shut down its nuclear reactor.
Washington has called for the funds to be freed, but banking restrictions have prevented the move. Lavrov said Washington has asked Russia to help solve the banking dispute.
(dpa)