Russia on Wednesday said it welcomed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s statement that Washington is ready for talks with North Korea without preconditions, calling this a constructive approach.

“We can state that such constructive statements impress us far more than the confrontational rhetoric that we have heard up to now. Undoubtedly this can be welcomed,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Peskov said that Washington’s change of tone chimed with Russia’s repeated calls for Washington to cool down its response to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Source: AFP