MOSCOW, July 15, SPA -- Moscow welcomed a report from North Korea on closing down the nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, said Ambassador at Large Vladimir Rakhmaninon Sunday. "These reports have come against the background of the general positive development of events of the past few days in the process of advance in the six-party talks after the question on the North Korean funds, frozen at a Macao bank, was settled with assistance from the Russian side," the diplomat was quoted as saying by Itar-Tass.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/467582