US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Monday that the country would respond “swiftly” if North Korea carries out nuclear tests, and invited Pyongyang to attend the negotiating table.
“We are very vigilant. We have very close contacts with allies like South Korea, Japan and others, so we can respond quickly,” Blinken said at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at State Department headquarters. , in Washington.
“We urge North Korea to refrain from destabilizing activities. We urge it to pursue serious and uninterrupted diplomacy,” he declared, while Park Jin said he was convinced that Kim Jong-Un’s regime “has completed its preparations for another nuclear test.” .
Since the beginning of this year, Pyongyang has staged a record volume of missile tests. There were 18 in 23 weeks, raising tensions on the peninsula to levels not seen since 2017.
The United States proposed a resolution to the Security Council in May to increase international sanctions against North Korea over its missile launches, but China and Russia used veto power to stop the project from moving forward.
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