23 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The US State Department has condemned the latest ballistic missile launches from North Korea in retaliation for joint Seoul-Washington air tests.
The State Department spokesman, Ned Price, has indicated that the US government is preparing “for all contingencies with allies and partners as a result of the latest launch”, a fact that he has described as “dangerous provocations”.
Price has stressed that the ballistic missile tests are in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and pose a threat to Pyongyang’s regional neighbors as well as the international community.
“We remain committed to a diplomatic rapprochement with the (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) DPRK and urge this country, as we have always done, to engage in constructive dialogue,” he said.
“Our commitment, at the same time, to the defense of the ROK and Japan remains strong, and we continue to seek serious and sustained dialogue with the DPRK without preconditions, but as you know, the DPRK refuses to participate,” he said. explained the American spokesman.
Likewise, he has indicated that the US measures are “responsible”: “We maintain our strong security commitments, we support our allies and we make it clear that we are willing to engage in dialogue and diplomacy to achieve the ultimate goal of denuclearization of the peninsula of Korea”, has qualified.
