Seoul, Tokyo and Washington say they will start sharing information on North Korean missile launches ‘within the year’
The US, Japan and South Korea announced today that “within the year” they will begin sharing information on North Korean missile launches, according to a joint statement issued after their foreign ministers met in Singapore on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue.
The three countries “recognized trilateral efforts aimed at activating an information distribution mechanism for real-time data exchange” in order to “improve each country’s ability to detect and assess missiles” launched by North Korea.
On Wednesday, Pyongyang attempted to launch a military satellite, but it “fell into the sea,” North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported.
Seoul, Tokyo and Washington condemned the launch, pointing out that it violates UN resolutions.
Earlier today, South Korea’s defense minister complained that some countries are “ignoring North Korea’s illegal behavior,” which risks weakening UN sanctions.
China and Russia did not heed the US call on Friday for the Security Council to condemn North Korea for its attempt to launch this military satellite. Instead, they accused Washington of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.
“This creates loopholes in the sanctions against North Korea that have been adopted by the Security Council,” Lee Yong-sup, the South Korean defense minister, said in his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
Source :Skai
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