Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday expressed his opposition to proposals to cut off oil supplies to North Korea, Seoul’s presidential office said.

Speaking at a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the sidelines of the third Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, the Russian President reiterated his view that Pyongyang will not “give up its nuclear weapons to keep its security no matter how much pressure.”

“We are also opposed to and condemn the North Korean nuclear development,” Yoon Young-chan, senior presidential secretary for public relations for the Blue House, quoted the Russian President as having said. “But I