Moscow: Russia has said it would seek information from Pakistan and some other countries on their alleged links with the North Korean nuclear weapons programme before adopting a firm stand on the issue.

"In particular, the US officials have pointed at Pakistan, so we have to activate all the possibilities for collecting objective information," Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov said.

"We also hope that our North Korean partners would officially state their position. They, probably, would need some time for this," he was quoted as saying by the Foreign Ministry Press Office.

Visiting US undersecretary of state John Bolton, during a meeting with Mamedov on October 21, passed on "confidential" information about the North Korean nuclear weapons programme, it said.

Mamedov said that so far Moscow has information on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme "only from one source", the US and has immediately sought information not only from North Korea but also from South Korea, Japan and some other countries, which have their own sources of information.

Mamedov called for resolving the issue of North Korean nuclear programme on the basis of a political dialogue.

PTI