Vladimir Putin 'WON'T stand for nuclear armed North Korea'

RUSSIA will not allow North Korea to be armed with nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin has said.

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The Russia president said a nuclear-armed North Korea in unacceptable in a joint press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-inSpeaking in Vladivostok today, Putin said that more dialogue is needed to resolve the nuclear crisis engulfing the Korean peninsula.

Moon said that North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons is the "wrong way" and asked for Putin's help to "tame" the totalitarian state. 

"The global political situation has become very serious due to North Korea’s repeated provocations," Moon told Putin. 

Putin and his counterpart spoke to reporters and officals after meeting at the Third Eastern Economic Forum in the port city in eastern Russia. 

His comments come just 24 hours after he warned of a "planetary catastrophe" should "military hysteria" over North Korea continue to esculate.