MOSCOW, Aug. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Moscow hopes that multilateral talks on the dispute over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) nuclear program will begin soon, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov said Friday.

　　"Russia welcomes the constructive move of the DPRK's leadership opening up the road to the settlement of the situation based on talks involving those who are most concerned," Fedotov said.

　　"We expect the talks to begin in the nearest future," Fedotov said, commenting on the Thursday announcement by the DPRK's ambassador to Russia of his country's support to six-party talks to settle the issue.

　　The crisis over the DPRK's alleged nuclear program broke out last October when Washington accused Pyongyang of running a secretnuclear program in breach of a 1994 bilateral accord.

　　The United States suspended fuel deliveries to the DPRK. In return, the DPRK announced its withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in January and later reactivated a nuclear reactor for generating electricity.

　　Russia has repeatedly called for a political solution to the crisis since its eruption, and has also expressed readiness to take part in the multilateral talks on the issue. Enditem