North Korea says Stoltenberg's visit to Seoul and Tokyo aggravates situation in Asia Pacific

“South Korea and Japan, who are trying to draw an intruder into the region and achieve their goals, must understand that in this case they are all bringing a security crisis closer,” TASS quoted him as saying in an interview with the TsNAK news agency.

Don Myung called NATO synonymous with war and confrontation, and its presence could bring "dark clouds of a new Cold War" to the region.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called on all parties involved in the situation around the Korean Peninsula to concentrate on preventing a nuclear clash in Northeast Asia.