Moscow, April 22, SPA -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov onFriday called on North Korea to return as soon as possibleto the stalled talks on nuclear disarmament, the ITAR-Tassnews agency reported. "We should do our utmost to secure North Korea's returnto the format of the six-party talks," Lavrov was quotedas saying after talks with South Korean Defense MinisterYoon Kwang-ung. "All countries, first of all thosebordering on this region at risk of conflict, areinterested in this." --SPA1300 Local Time 1000 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/257029