The US, Japan and South Korea condemn the launch of a long-range ballistic missile by North Korea

The three countries call on North Korea to cease its “illegal actions” and quickly return to dialogue.

July 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and the foreign ministers of Japan, Hayashi Yoshimasa, and South Korea, Park Jin, have “strongly” condemned in a joint statement the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week. by North Korea.

“This constitutes a clear and flagrant violation of several UN Security Council resolutions and represents a serious threat to peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and beyond,” the aforementioned letter reads. “The launch of this ICBM has threatened the security of civil aviation and maritime traffic in the region,” he continues.

Thus, the United States, Japan and South Korea have urged North Korea to “cease its illegal actions and quickly return to dialogue”, repudiating “the North Korean regime’s insistence on aggravating the suffering and Human Rights of its people using its resources limited resources to finance their illegal nuclear and ballistic missile programs”.

The three countries have also assured that they will work together with the UN so that “the Security Council resolutions that impose sanctions against North Korea are fully implemented.”

Blinken, Hayashi and Park have guaranteed that they will continue to collaborate “closely” with the international community to “block the generation of illicit income” from North Korea “through workers abroad and malicious cyber activities that finance their illegal programs of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles”.

Along these lines, the signatories of the statement have pledged to “further strengthen their trilateral security cooperation to effectively address the nuclear and missile threats” from North Korea, in order to “achieve the complete denuclearization” of the peninsula. .

To do this, they have explained, they are even considering sharing missile alert data in real time and carrying out anti-missile or anti-submarine defense exercises, among others.

For its part, the United States has reiterated that its commitments to South Korea and Japan are “unwavering” and “are backed by all their capabilities, including nuclear.”