Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that soaring military rhetoric over North Korea is harmful, asserting Moscow is critical of North Korea’s violations of UN Security Council resolutions, TASS news agency reported. 

"We are witnesses to another confrontational spiral over North Korea’s missile and nuclear program," Putin said at a credentials presentation ceremony attended by a group of foreign ambassadors on Tuesday.

"We condemn Pyongyang’s decisions made in violation of the UN Security Council resolutions, but fanning military rhetoric is a harmful way and it leads nowhere," Putin said.

"All parties should display restraint and seek a peace solution," Putin said.

Source: MENA