SEOUL, April 23 (Reuters) - There is no sign of a quicksolution to the North Korean crisis, Russia's foreign ministersaid on Thursday during a visit to Pyongyang, where he isexpected to urge the communist state not to restart it nucleararms plant.

Pyongyang kicked out U.N. nuclear inspectors and threatenedto resume operations at a nuclear facility that makesbomb-grade plutonium last week after the U.N. Security Councilcondemned the North for launching a long-range rocket on April5.

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