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Kerry, Lavrov express concern over DPRK's latest nuclear test

Xinhua, September 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday expressed their serious concern over the latest nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Just before his meeting in a Geneva hotel with Lavrov to discuss issues on Syria, Kerry told reporters that "everybody here is concerned," and the United States is still monitoring so as to find out precisely what took place.

Kerry said that he had phoned the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea.

Lavrov said that he will also talk to Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida later Friday morning during the break of his meeting with Kerry.

"We're very much concerned, and the resolutions from the Security Council must be implemented and we will send this message very strongly," he stressed.

The DPRK said Friday that it successfully conducted a nuclear warhead explosion test at the northern nuclear test ground, the fifth by the country since 2006.

The test aimed to assess the power of a newly developed nuclear warhead, said the DPRK Nuclear Weapons Institute. Endi