Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the improvement of relations between South and North Korea should be pursued under an agreed principle between the two nations without interference from outside.

The Russian president made the remarks in a speech Wednesday at the National Assembly in Seoul.

Putin also said that the settlement of peace on the Korean peninsula should be predicated on the surety of dismantling weapons of mass destruction and denuclearization for which he said Russia is ready to assume the role as such.

While evaluating the inter-Korean summit talks last June as having played a very conducive role to easing tensions on the Korean peninsula and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region, Putin stressed the that the two Koreas exercise their maximum potentials.

Raising cautious concern over any attempt to disrupt the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, Putin said Russia is opposed to any moves to deploy weapons in space.

Touching on linking the trans-Siberian railroad with the inter-Korean railway, Putin said he expects many neighboring countries including the two Koreas to participate in the project. Putin left for Vietnam Wednesday afternoon soon after meeting with opposition party leader, Lee Hoe-chang.