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Russia voices concern over U.S.-S. Korea drill, calling for restraint

Xinhua, March 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed concern over a joint military drill staged by the United States and South Korea, criticizing the two countries for using it to pressure the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

All sides should "exercise restraint, and not allow the situation to run amok and spin into uncontrollable conflict spreading on the (Korean) peninsula," the ministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the ministry warned the DPRK not to "completely place itself against the international community," which would provide the "international legal basis for the use of military force against Pyongyang."

Earlier in the day, South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest-ever annual exercises amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, in an apparent warning to Pyongyang over its nuclear test and rocket launch.

In face of the U.S.-South Korea war games, Pyongyang threatened to launch preventive nuclear attacks, which the Russian Foreign Ministry said is "unacceptable." Endi