North Korea has
advised foreign diplomats to
consider evacuating their
embassies in Pyongyang in
light of increasing tensions in
the region, Russian and British
diplomats said Friday.
Russia’s foreign minister,
Sergei Lavrov, told reporters
traveling with him in
Uzbekistan on Friday
afternoon that Moscow was
seeking more details about
the North Korean statement
before making a decision
about whether to evacuate.
The British Foreign Office said
its embassy “received a
communication from the
North Korean government this
morning saying that the
North Korean government
would be unable to
guarantee the safety of
embassies and international
organizations in the country
in the event of conflict from
April 10.”
GALLERY
Is North Korea
serious about
war?: Following a
threat to launch a
nuclear attack on the
United States, North
Korea’s state news
arm, the Korean
Central News Agency
released dozens of
photos that show
the country’s army
and navy performing
military drills.
Lavrov said Russia was
treating the statement from
Pyongyang as a suggestion
and not an order. Some
observers in Moscow called
Friday’s evacuation advice an
obvious propaganda ploy.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said
North Korea has made the
same proposal to other
nations with diplomatic
missions in Pyongyang.
The development comes at
the end of a week of bellicose
threats by the North Koreans
against South Korea and the
United States. South Korea’s
Yonhap news agency, citing
intelligence sources in South
Korea, reported Friday that
the North had moved
intermediate-range rocket
launchers to its eastern coast,
putting Guam potentially
within range of a strike,
Reuters news service said.
Moscow is consulting with
China, South Korea, the United
States and Japan over the
evacuation proposal, the
Foreign Ministry said.
State Department
spokeswoman Victoria
Nuland told reporters in
Washington that the United
States plans to remain
prudent in the face of “an
unpredictable regime and an
unpredictable situation.”
“This is just an escalating
series of rhetorical
statements, and the question
is, to what end?” she said.
The United States, which does
not have an embassy in North
Korea, is represented in the
country by Sweden.
While urging all sides to
refrain from escalation, Russia
— which shares a 10-mile
border with North Korea —
has been particularly
concerned that North Korea
not attempt a first-strike
nuclear attack, triggering
inevitable retaliation. Some
Russian analysts have
suggested that North Korea
has no intention of actually
going to war but warn that as
rhetoric continues to escalate,
a conflict could ignite
accidentally.
“The situation is not
developing in the direction
we would like it to,” an
unnamed Russian Foreign
Ministry official told the Itar-
Tass news agency. “Now, in
such a charged atmosphere,
care for safety of our citizens
comes to the fore.”
Valery Shnyakin, deputy head
of the international affairs
committee of Russia’s upper
house of parliament, told the
Interfax news agency that the
North Korean
recommendation should be
taken seriously.
“As a rule, such statements are
made amid unfolding military
actions,” Shnyakin said,
adding that even if
Pyongyang is bluffing, such
warnings deserve close
attention.
“Russia, the U.S., China, Japan
and South Korea should
coordinate their efforts and
act in a united front,” he said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry
statement said: “We are
strongly convinced that
prevention of military
operations on the Korean
Peninsula is an imperative.
We consider the policy of
fanning military tensions
absolutely unacceptable, and
we hope for the parties’
maximum restraint and
composure.”
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they are very serious about this.now they have the backing of their citizens.on TV they spoke with so much anger and fury.GOD HELP PLANET EARTH OH

Pls continue here: https://www.nairaland.com/1247913/north-korea-tells-britain-russia