Putin: Arms Imports to Syria Must Be Halted, Korea Possible Nuclear Conflict Worst Disaster

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin stated during his visit to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hannover, "It is necessary that arms imports to all sides in the Syrian conflict are halted."
 "As for Syria we don't have a solution yet. What do I think should be done? Halt arms import to the country, but to all sides of the conflict," he stressed at the annual industrial fair in Hannover.
Responding to the allegations of Russia supplying weapons to Syria, Putin reiterated, "We supply the legitimate regime. This is not prohibited by international law."
  On another note, Putin compared the possible nuclear conflict between Seoul and Pyongyang with the worst nuclear disaster in history, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion, RT reported.
If a nuclear conflict erupts on the Korean Peninsula, Chernobyl would look like a "fairytale," Russia's President stated.
"Consequences of the nuclear conflict on the Korean Peninsula would far exceed the industrial disaster in Chernobyl," Putin stressed.
Moreover, US Secretary of State John Kerry is to visit Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo next week, hoping that diplomacy allow the crisis to end.
Last week, Pyongyang declared it had entered a state of war with its southern neighbor, following an earlier decision to withdrawal from the 60-year armistice that ended the Korean War.
"If you attack us with conventional weapons, then since we are weak the only thing we can do is to attack with nuclear weapons," Tim Beal, an Asia expert who specializes in North Korea, explained Pyongyang's position.
Last week, North Korea mobilized two Musudan intermediate range missiles to its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

The Musudan missile has never been tested, but is believed to have a range of around 3,000 kilometers, which would cover any target in South Korea and Japan, and possibly even reach US military bases located on the Pacific island of Guam.
This comes after the latest incremental move by North Korea which, infuriated at fresh UN sanctions and South Korea-US military drills, has issued a series of apocalyptic warnings of nuclear war in recent weeks.
The United States reiterated last week it was taking "all necessary precautions" against the threats of Pyongyang.

North Korea stated a preemptive nuclear war with the United States "could break out today or tomorrow."

Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org