Russia’s Putin: Counter-productive to whip up military hysteria over N. Korea

Russian president Putin crossed the wires last minutes, via Reuters, speaking at a summit in Vladivostock.

Key Points:

North Korea (NK) will not stop nuclear development programme

NK sees missile and nuclear programme as only means of self defence

Counter-productive to whip up military hysteria over NK

We see Trump administration a desire to defuse tensions over NK

We will be able to solve crisis by diplomatic means