Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said that Moscow wanted Pyongyang and Washington to resume talks soon because only the dialogue would resolve the disagreement.

"We actively call on both sides - the US and North Korea - to resume dialogue as soon as possible," Deputy Minister Morgulov on November 19 told TASS news agency. "Only through peaceful dialogue can existing issues in bilateral relations be resolved and confidence can be rebuilt."

"We remember that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated that if North Korea cannot make a breakthrough by 2020, it may consider changing the current course," he said. "We hope contacts will resume in the nearest future and there will be no need to change the process."

North Korea previously said it could not hold new talks with the United States until Washington completely abandoned its hostile policy toward Pyongyang.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to resume the dialogue after a surprise meeting at the Korean-Korean border in June, but there has not been any progress since then.

After the US-North Korean summit in Hanoi did not achieve the expected results, North Korean leaders in April issued a deadline at the end of the year for Washington to show more "flexibility" in lifting the orders. punished with Pyongyang. North Korea has recently tested short-range missiles, apparently to "warn" the US about the weapons it is developing.