Russian senior envoy Alexander Losyukov said there was still hope of a peaceful resolution of the North Korean crisis.
"Such a resolution is possible, if both sides are willing to have a constructive and business-like dialogue," Losyukov told ITAR-TASS news agency on Tuesday.
"We in our turn may work on creating a better atmosphere for these talks and thus help the resolution along," he added.
North Korea was eager for Russia's aid in the matter, and "we agreed to keep such contacts constant. This is absolutely required in a crisis situation such as this," Losyukov expressed.
Losyukov, who had been sent to Pyongyang on Saturday with a strategy to defuse the ongoing crisis, offered North Korean officials Russia's "package deal," which Pyongyang "treated with interest," he said upon arrival in Beijing.
"They are analyzing it, and I think some things from this plan could well be used," he added. (Albawaba.com)
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