Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. Threat To Destroy North Korea A 'Bloodthirsty Tirade'

Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano in Rome, Italy December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Reuters: Russia calls U.S. threat to destroy North Korea a 'bloodthirsty tirade'

ROME (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that a U.S. threat to destroy North Korea in the event of a war was "a bloodthirsty tirade" and military action against Pyongyang would be a big mistake.

Speaking on a visit to Italy, Lavrov strongly condemned comments made by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who earlier this week warned North Korea's leadership it would be "utterly destroyed" if war were to break out after Pyongyang test fired its most advanced missile.

"If someone really wants to use force to, as the U.S. representative to the United Nations put it, destroy North Korea ...then I think that is playing with fire and a big mistake," Lavrov told reporters.

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WNU Editor: If North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was continuously declaring his intention to destroy Moscow and Saint Petersburg with nuclear weapons .... I can guarantee this .... Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would be singing a very different tune.