MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Tuesday that he has accepted an invitation to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)."Comrade minister invited me to pay a return visit to Pyongyang. We accepted this invitation," Lavrov said at a news briefing following talks with his DPRK counterpart Ri Yong-ho who is visiting Moscow.Lavrov said so far no decisions have been made concerning a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the top DPRK leader, Kim Jong-un.Commenting on the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Lavrov hailed the efforts to ease tensions. He noted that the development in the region was proceeding in accordance with the road map on the settlement of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue proposed by China and Russia.Lavrov said he hoped that this process would result in resuming the six-party talks comprised of the DPRK, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States. The talks are aimed at denuclearizing the peninsula. athletic silicone wristbandsplain black silicone wristbandscustomized friendship bracelets onlinesilicone braceletscustom rolex bracelet
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Taiwan's Hualien County at 00:04 a.m. Wednesday, Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.The epicenter was monitored at about 24.01 degrees north latitude and 122.68 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 30 km, the center said in a statement.
