Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the immediate resumption of the Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear program.

Speaking in an interview with the Korean Broadcasting Service (KBS) in South Korea on Tuesday ahead of his meeting with President Park Geun-hye, the Russian president said too many obstacles had been placed in the way of talks and the most important priority was to restart them as quickly as possible.

“If we constantly set preconditions for the start of talks, they may never begin,” Putin said, “It seems to me that it would be better if the talks resumed