Pyongyang, October 2 (KCNA) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a recent speech at the UNGA session clarified the stand of opposing the establishment of missile defense system. MD began to have an impact on the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacific region, he said, voicing concern over the deployment of strategic missile defense system in various areas of the world which is changing the international security structure as a whole.

It is necessary to provide a firm legal guarantee that the MD system would not break security equilibrium of the regions and the world and will not be used for sinister purpose, he stressed.