Regarding North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the 18th, the US State Department said, “The United States condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile launch.”
[프라이스 대변인] “The United States condemns the DPRK’s ballistic missile launch. This launch is a clear violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and demonstrates the threat the DPRK’s unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs pose to the DPRK’s neighbors, the region, international peace and security, and the global non-proliferation regime.”
“This launch is in clear violation of several United Nations Security Council resolutions,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement released today. It shows the threat it poses to the system.”
“This action demonstrates the need for all countries to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions to block North Korea from obtaining the technology and materials needed to conduct these destabilizing experiments,” he said.
[프라이스 대변인] “This action demonstrates the need for all countries to fully implement DPRK-related UN Security Council resolutions that are intended to prohibit the DPRK from acquiring the technologies and materials needed to carry out these destabilizing tests. Together, with the international community, we call on the DPRK to refrain from further provocations and engage in sustained and substantive dialogue. Our commitments to the defense of the Republic of Korea and Japan remain ironclad.”
“Together with the international community, we urge North Korea to refrain from further provocations and engage in ongoing, substantive dialogue,” Price said.
This is VOA News Hamjiha.