“The members of the Security Council deplore all the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s ballistic missile activities, including these launches”, said New Zealand’s Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, who is president of the council this month.
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“North Korea needs to know that provocations will only invite more pressure and further deepen its isolation”.
China elevated the issue on Monday, with President Xi Jinping expressing China’s opposition directly in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye.
“We’re going to work together to make sure that we’re closing loopholes and making them even more effective”.
She was the deputy chief envoy to negotiations known as six-party talks, hosted by China and including the two Koreas, Japan, Russia and the United States, aimed at getting the North to give up it nuclear aims but stalled since 2008.
Obama and Park were due to meet on Tuesday afternoon in the Lao capital of Vientiane on the sidelines of a gathering of regional leaders hosted by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile tests as Pyongyang continues to develop its nuclear weapons. He said that “in a slower time, we should look at that question about sanctions or what other further significant measures we might think about”.
China renewed its opposition on Wednesday to South Korea’s planned deployment of a US advanced missile defense system on its soil, saying that its security interests should be respected.
South Korea said in July that it will deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, missile-defense system from the U.S. by the end of 2017, a move China opposes.
Hahn Choong Hee, South Korea’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said Pyongyang is spending “a considerable amount” of its resources in developing weapons of mass destruction while sacrificing the living conditions of North Koreans. China, the reclusive North Korea’s main diplomatic ally, joined the criticism. “So we have to be very vigilant in terms of enforcement and we have to maintain the sense of urgency among the worldwide community”, Rhodes said.
The U.S. has no interest in an “offensive approach” to North Korea, he said.
USA forces stationed in Japan would be the first to be deployed in case of a crisis on the Korean peninsula before the main reinforcements from the US and the worldwide community arrive.
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Mr Kim Jong Un has labelled North Korea’s latest missile tests “perfect”, according to state media, as he called for the isolated state to build up its nuclear arsenal.
