“President Vladimir Putin has given instructions to carefully study the data of all measurement stations, including seismological stations, and to analyze the situation if information on the tests is confirmed,” Peskov added.
If North Korea’s claims on hydrogen bomb test prove to be true, this could become a new step in Pyongyang’s development of nuclear weapons, which is a blatant violation of norms in international law and resolutions passed by the UN Security Council, said Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
In this situation Russia calls on all concerned parties to practice maximum reservation and not to take any actions that would lead to uncontrollable tension in northeastern Asia, said the spokesperson.
Russia again confirms its position to leaning on the diplomatic settlement of problems on the Korean Peninsula within the framework of the six-party talks process and a rapid beginning of dialogue directed at forming a reliable system of peace and security in the region, added Zakharova.
North Korea’s claim to have successfully carried out an underground hydrogen bomb test provoked condemnation of several countries including the US, China, the UK, France and Australia.