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According to South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Kim Gon, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiations Headquarters, met with US State Department Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim and Director-General of the Asia and Oceania Affairs Bureau Takehiro Funakoshi in the morning. A tripartite telephone conversation was held between the chief representatives of the North and South Korean nuclear forces.
The three parties said, "North Korea's launch of medium-range ballistic missiles on the same day, following four short-range ballistic missile launches last week, is a clear violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions."
The three parties paid particular attention to the fact that the intermediate-range ballistic missile passed through the Japanese archipelago and fell into the Pacific Ocean. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "Around 7:23 a.m. on October 4th, a ballistic missile was fired eastward from the area around Mupyeong-ri in Chagang-do, North Korea, and passed over Japan."
The three parties also expressed serious concerns that North Korea has continued to raise the level of provocations since the announcement of the "Nuclear Armed Forces Policy Decree" on September 8th, which significantly lowered the hurdles for the use of nuclear weapons.
He continued by emphasizing the urgent need for a decisive response by the international community to the nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea, and held close bilateral and trilateral discussions on the direction of future responses, such as responses by the United Nations Security Council. We will strengthen communication and cooperation.
2022/10/05 09:30 KST
