Hanover, Germany, Jumada I 27, 1434, Apr 8, 2013, SPA - Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling for calm on the Korean peninsula and praising the United States for postponing a missile test. Putin said during a visit to Germany on Monday that the escalating tensions worry Russia, a neighbor of North Korea, according to a report of the Associated Press. The Pentagon has postponed a scheduled missile test to avoid raising the tensions further. Putin said at a news conference that the decision was a "very important and correct step." He said: "We hope that this step will be noticed by our partners in North Korea and that the correct conclusions will be made, that all will calm down and begin the joint work so that the situation will become less tense." --SPA 13:10 LOCAL TIME 10:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1095995