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Updated : Mar 31, 2014, 07:28 PM IST
Russia voiced concern on Monday over rising tension on the Korean peninsula after the North and South traded artillery fire and what it said was a declaration by Pyongyang that it may conduct a new nuclear test.
"We are worried about the mutual toughening of rhetoric, including the declaration by North Korea that it could conduct a new nuclear test," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement urging restraint and criticising the United States for holding military exercises with South Korea which it said were aggravating the situation.