而俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫则强调了“要以行动回应行动”的原则，他指出 ： “ 制裁的削弱趋势应该与朝鲜在逐步弃核道路上迈出的步伐相同步 ” 。
Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, stressed the principle of "responding to action by action". He pointed out: "The weakening trend of sanctions should be in synchronization with the pace taken by North Korea on the road of gradual denuclearization."