“North Korea is far from a responsible actor”… “We will continue to hold accountable for nuclear and missiles”
(Geneva = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Jong-un = The United Nations disarmament conference is held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, presided over by North Korea, which is the chair of the circuit, on the 2nd (local time). 2022.6.2
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Ryu Ji-bok = U.S. State Department spokeswoman Ned Price expressed a negative opinion on the 2nd (local time) that North Korea assumed the touring presidency of the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
When asked regarding North Korea’s position on the presidency, Price said at a press briefing on the same day, “It is clear that North Korea is far from being a responsible actor when it comes to non-proliferation issues. severely harmed,” he pointed out.
When asked if he thought he would question the effectiveness of the disarmament conference, he said that if a regime like North Korea, which has weakened non-proliferation more than any other country, is in a high-level position, it will certainly raise doubts.
However, when asked if he meant that North Korea’s membership status should be reviewed, he declined to comment specifically, saying, “There is nothing to announce at the moment.”
North Korea presided over the first plenary session at the disarmament conference held at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on the same day, but it is an unusual situation in which South Korea, the United States, and Japan, etc. have issued messages of concern and regret for North Korea one following another, starting with a joint statement by regarding 40 countries. This was staged
In response, Han Dae-sung, the North Korean ambassador to the Republic of Korea, who served as the chairman, countered, saying, “I cannot remain silent regarding criticisms aimed at my country.”
In response to China’s opposition to the UN Security Council resolution on sanctions once morest North Korea last month, Price said, “The Security Council is the world’s best organization for international peace and security.” It was very disappointing that it failed to do so, and urged each country to implement the existing resolutions.
He also stressed that North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs pose a clear threat not only to allies such as South Korea and Japan, but also to Americans in the region.
(Geneva = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Jong-un = Ambassador Han Dae-sung of North Korea’s delegation to Geneva, who served as the chairman of the circuit, sits in the chair before the UN disarmament conference held at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on the 2nd (local time). 2022.6.2
In addition, the State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim, who visited Korea on the 2nd of Korea time, announced that he would engage in trilateral consultations as well as bilateral consultations with South Korean and Japanese counterparts, and explained that the three countries would cooperate for the common goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
When asked if the United States experienced the same thing, Price said, referring to an article by a reporter that a Canadian Air Force patrol plane that was monitoring North Korea for violating UN sanctions was threatened by Chinese fighter jets.
However, he said that the US criticized China’s recent armed protests in Taiwan and was concerned regarding the risk of misjudgment, pointing out that such actions undermine peace and stability in the region.
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