The US has again asked North Korea to stop the “counterproductive” missile tests and called for dialogue. The US special envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, conferred with his South Korean counterpart Noh Kyu-duk in Seoul on Sunday. He called the recent ballistic missile launch in North Korea a “provocation” and called for an end to “worrying and counterproductive” missile testing.
He called on the government of ruler Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table. “We remain ready to meet with North Korea without preconditions and we have made it clear that the United States has no hostile intentions towards North Korea,” he said. He hoped North Korea “will respond positively to our efforts,” Kim told journalists.
On Tuesday, Pyongyang reported the successful test of a submarine-supported ballistic missile. The UN Security Council then called an emergency meeting. Numerous countries, including Germany and Japan, criticized the new test with harsh words.
Pyongyang had tested rockets several times in the past few weeks, causing global concern. The country, which is largely isolated internationally, is subject to strict US and UN sanctions because of its nuclear and missile program. North Korea’s ruler Un rejected US offers to talk at the end of September, calling Washington’s statements a “cheap trick”.
North Korea threatened “more serious and serious consequences” following the condemnation of the recent missile launch by the US and the UN. The government in Washington has taken “extremely provocative steps” by calling the test a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and a threat to peace and stability in the region, a State Department spokesman in Pyongyang told the news agency on Thursday KCNA. The United States and the Council could face “more serious and serious consequences” if they chose to act inappropriately.
North Korea warned the US against “playing with a ticking time bomb”. The test of the new ballistic missile from a submarine served to strengthen self-defense and was not directed against the USA or any other country. (AFP, Reuters)
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