MOSCOW, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Moscow is prepared to promote the strengthening of nonproliferation regimes during the meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) held in Scotland, a Kremlin source said on Wednesday.

    Russia intends to "actively use the G8 meeting in Gleneagles to resolve the primary tasks of strengthening the current nonproliferation regimes", the Interfax news agency quoted the source as saying.

    Moscow believes the priority in this area should be "the creation of additional, efficient barriers on the spread of weapons of mass destruction in order to prevent such weapons or their components from falling into the hands of terrorists," the source said.

    The source also assumed that the summit will pay close attention to the nuclear issues of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

    "As regards Iran, we will focus on relieving the problem through negotiations and dialogue, including between Tehran and the European troika (of Britain, Germany, and France)," the Kremlin source said.

    As for the DPRK, Moscow "intends to pursue a policy of returning Pyongyang to the negotiating table and resuming the six-nation process," he said.

    Russia also hopes that the Gleneagles meeting will facilitate the joint struggle against terrorism, because "the global terrorist threat has not been reduced since last year's G8 summit," he said.

    Russia will make its primary emphasis at the meeting on such issues as measures against the use of the Internet by terrorists, the drafting of anti-terrorist laws and the cooperation between the G8 and the United Nations in providing anti-terrorist assistance to other countries, the source stressed.

    The three-day G8 summit, attended by leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, opened on Wednesday in the Scottish town of Gleneagles.

    Leaders from China, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa are also scheduled to meet the G8 leaders in the Scottish town. Enditem