“We do not trade with North Korea in any way due to the restrictions that have been imposed by the UN on North Korea.
It was possible to supply food and medicine there.
The rest - we did not trade with them, ”RIA Novosti quotes Ladygin.
He expressed hope for the lifting of restrictions in the future.
Earlier, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that North Korea would never give up nuclear weapons, even if it would face centenary sanctions for this.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry criticized UN Secretary General António Guterres for supporting Western calls for the denuclearization of Pyongyang.