Russia tells North Korea, U.S. ‘hot heads’ to calm down
23 September 2017 |
6:30 am
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the leaders of North Korea and the United States should tone down their bellicose rhetoric and warned that a collapse of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers would only embolden Pyongyang.
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