5 Apr 2013 15:55

Lavrov trying to clarify situation on North Korean offer to evacuate diplomats

TASHKENT. April 5 (Interfax) - Russia intends to clarify details before making a decision regarding the North Korean offer to evacuate the Russian diplomatic mission amid the aggravated situation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"The offer was made to those embassies, which are in Pyongyang and we are currently trying to clarify the situation. We have asked several questions, which were to be posed to our North Korean neighbors in this case, and we are in close contact with our Chinese partners as well as our U.S., South Korean and Japanese counterparts. You can basically say we are in contact with the participants of the P5+1 talks," Lavrov told reporters in Tashkent on Friday.