US, Chinese Diplomats Discuss North Koreas Recent Missile Launches – US Mission To UN

UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – thirty first March, 2022) US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Chinese Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming have mentioned the current missile launches performed by North Korea, the US Mission to the UN mentioned.

The assembly was held in New York.

“Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield emphasized the importance of a unified UN Security Council response to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) provocative ballistic missile launches and expressed the need to communicate to the DPRK the consequences of violating multiple UN Security Council resolutions. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and Special Representative Liu further discussed opportunities to encourage the DPRK to denuclearize and engage in meaningful negotiations,” the mission’s spokesperson, Olivia Dalton, mentioned on late Wednesday.

During the assembly, Thomas-Greenfield expressed curiosity in persevering with the efficient work with China on addressing the shared concern on the Korean Peninsula.

Last week, North Korea performed its twelfth missile launch because the starting of the 12 months, later confirming that it was the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. The Japanese Defense Ministry claimed that with a standard trajectory, the missile may journey a spread of 15,000 kilometers (9,320 miles), which is sufficient to cowl the whole lot of the US. South Korea retaliated by launching a collection of ballistic and cruise missiles towards the Sea of Japan.