<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: #222222; line-height: 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov today said the solution to the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue cannot be full unless sanctions against Pyongyang are lifted. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: #222222; line-height: 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He said in Pyongyang  after his talks with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho today that it is impossible in one move to ensure denuclearization and there should be some stages and the oncoming traffic at each of these stages. Lavrov is making his first visit to North Korea in 9 years. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: #222222; line-height: 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: #222222; line-height: 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The observers said that North Korea is seeking to improve strategic ties with Russia as well as China to create a favorable environment ahead of Kim's planned meeting with US President Donald Trump.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Lavrov's visit comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity to organise next month's US-North Korea summit and the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also meeting Kim's representative Kim Yong Chol in New York .</span></p>