Nov. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The US State Department on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s launch of a medium-range missile into the Sea of Japan, saying it is a “clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.
“This launch is a clear violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions and demonstrates the threat that Pyongyang’s illegal weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs pose to its neighbors, the region, and international peace and security.” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
According to the United States, this action underscores the need for all countries to “fully” implement the UN Security Council resolutions related to North Korea, which aim to “prohibit this country from acquiring the necessary technologies and materials to carry out these destabilizing tests.
“Together with the international community, we call on North Korea to refrain from further provocations and to engage in sustained and substantive dialogue. Our commitments to the defense of South Korea and Japan remain unwavering,” the State Department added. in the missive.
Hours earlier, North Korea fired three projectiles, two short-range and one medium-range, into the Sea of Japan. The latter has caused anti-aircraft alarms to go off in several prefectures in northern Japan.
South Korea and Japan have also condemned the launch of the missiles, saying they are “a clear and serious challenge to the international community.”
These launches take place a day after North Korea launched almost twenty projectiles into the Sea of Japan, one of which flew over the maritime demarcation line between the two Koreas for the first time since the war between the two countries, blowing up anti-aircraft sirens on one of the South Korean islands.
The offensive by Pyongyang further escalates tensions in the region, after North Korea has launched dozens of ballistic missiles in recent weeks in tests prohibited by UN Security Council resolutions, in response to military maneuvers. US-Koreans that it considers an invasion rehearsal.
