US Condemns N.Korea Missile Launches, Urges 'dialogue'
Sumaira FH Published May 25, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Washington, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th May, 2022 ) :The United States condemned North Korea for what it said were three ballistic missile launches and called on Pyongyang instead to choose dialogue.
"The United States condemns the DPRK's multiple ballistic missile launches," a State Department spokesperson said late Tuesday Washington time, using the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"We call on the DPRK to refrain from further provocations and engage in sustained and substantive dialogue," he said.
The relatively muted reaction comes after days of public warnings by the United States that North Korea could test a missile or nuclear bomb amid a just-concluded visit by President Joe Biden to South Korea and Japan.
The State Department spokesperson said the launches "are a violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions and are a threat to the region." The US national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, also condemned the launches in a phone call to his South Korean counterpart, Kim Sung-han, moments after returning to Washington with Biden.
"They both condemned the DPRK's destabilizing ballistic missile tests and committed to continue building on their close coordination," a White House statement said.
In line with an assessment by Seoul, the White House said there were three missile launches. South Korea suspected that one was an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Biden administration has repeatedly called for dialogue with North Korea, likely at the level of rank-and-file diplomats, but has seen no enthusiasm in return.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held three splashy meetings with Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who said he "fell in love" with his young counterpart but reached no lasting agreement.
Even while staying low-key in its public condemnation of North Korea, the United States has moved to toughen sanctions through the UN Security Council, although diplomats say that China and Russia are set to block any action.
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