US urges North Korea to “cease any actions” that could increase risk of conflict

MADRID 16 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States Government has urged North Korea to “cease any action” that could increase the risk of conflict after North Korean authorities carried out several controlled explosions to destroy some sections of roads connecting with South Korea, after of threatening the “permanent” closure of the ‘de facto’ border between the two.

“We are closely monitoring the situation in North Korea in close coordination with our South Korean allies. We continue to urge the North Korean authorities to reduce tensions and cease any actions that could increase the risk of conflict, and we encourage South Korea North to return to dialogue and diplomacy,” stated State Department spokesman Matthew Miller at a press conference.

The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, called a security meeting on Monday to address the alleged incursion of South Korean drones into North Korean territory, an issue that he has called a “serious provocation” and a “violation of sovereignty.” from North Korea, although Seoul insists that no such deployments occurred.

In recent weeks, North Korean authorities have sent numerous garbage balloons across the border, prompting Seoul to resume propaganda broadcasts over loudspeakers for the first time in six weeks, as well as its live-fire drills near the border. , activities to which are added the joint military maneuvers with the United States.

North Korea has also been increasing its launches of ballistic missiles and other projectiles in recent years, operations they describe as “warnings” against the actions of Seoul, with whom it has not yet signed a peace agreement despite the fact that the war of Korea ended in 1953 with an armistice.