However, a State Department spokesman insisted that Washington remains committed to a diplomatic approach to resolving the issue of Pyongyang’s weapons programs and once again urged the North Korean leadership to choose the path of dialogue.
The US diplomacy today condemned the new ballistic missile launch that North Korea carried out earlier, citing a violation of resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and a threat to the countries of the region and to the international community as a whole.
However, a State Department spokesman insisted that Washington remains committed to a diplomatic approach to resolving the issue of Pyongyang’s weapons programs and once again urged the North Korean leadership to choose the path of dialogue.
Bilateral negotiations were suspended in 2019.
Meanwhile, conservative South Korean President Yoon Seok-gil vowed today to maintain Seoul’s strong alliance with the US and coordinate his government’s actions with those of Washington and Japan to defend the country’s security, after North Korea’s new ballistic missile tests, the South Korean national news agency Yonhap reports.
Mr. Yun plans to speak by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later in the day, according to a press release from his Blue House services.
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