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Date Posted: 08:20:56 05/20/02 Mon
Author: Nikolai von Kreitor
Subject: No Axis of Evil

No 'axis of evil', Russia says on eve of N Korea visit
AFP [ SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2002 11:12:24 PM ]

MOSCOW: Russia does not share US President George Bush's belief in an "axis of evil," the Russian foreign ministry said Saturday on the eve of a high-level diplomatic visit from North Korea."While we do not share certain ideological or political concepts with our partners, we must seek to build closer ties to friendly nations," ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said in a reference to North Korea, quoted by news agency RIA Novosti.North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun will visit here May 20-22 for talks focusing on political and economic ties.Paek's visit falls only one day before the arrival of Bush for his four-day summit with President Vladimir Putin.Bush stirred up controversy across the globe when, in his January 29 State of the Union address, he described North Korea, Iran and Iraq as an "axis of evil" involved in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.Russian spokesman Yakovenko said that Russia and North Korea had "points in common" concerning the United States' proposed missile shield, its anti-terror campaign and nuclear non-proliferation efforts.Nevertheless, Russian relations with North Korea "should not be interpreted as targeting other third-party states," the ministry spokesman said, in an apparent reference to the United States.The reclusive leader of the North Korean regime, Kim Jong-Il, visited Russia in 2001 in his first international diplomatic trip outside of China. He is expected to visit Russia's far east later this year.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=10297548

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