US Repudiates North Korea’s Military Escalation As It “Increases Instability and Insecurity” in Region

The Secretary of State of the United States, Antoine Blinksaid on Thursday that North Korea was increasing the instability, after a series of tests of various weapons, including one he claims Pyongyang, it was a hypersonic glide missile. Already in Friday hours on North Korean soil, Pyongyang tested another missile, this time anti-aircraft.

“We are concerned about these repeated violations of Security Council resolutions which create greater prospects of instability and insecurity.Blinken told reporters after trade talks between the US and the EU in Pittsburgh.

Blinken said the United States cannot confirm whether North Korea has tested a slip missile. hypersonic, a projectile that would travel at five times the speed of sound. “We are evaluating the versions,” said Blinken, “To understand exactly what they did, what technology they used.”

An emergency meeting scheduled for Thursday in the security Council The UN conference on North Korea was postponed to Friday at the request of China and Russia, diplomatic sources reported.

Meanwhile, North Korean media reported today that leader Kim Jong-un refuses to engage in dialogue with the United States, saying he is sticking to his policies. “hostile», But at the same time reaching out to the South at a time marked by the rise of military tensions in the peninsula.

“As the actions of the past eight months after the new US administration clearly show, their hostile political and military threat against us has not changed at all.Kim said at a parliamentary session held in Pyongyang on Wednesday and reported today by the state agency. KCNA.

“If their ways and ways of expressing themselves get trickier“, added the North Korean leader.

After President Joe Biden came to power, the United States repeatedly insisted – again today through its representative for North Korea, Sung Kim – to resume talks “Where and when” to try to reactivate the dialogue on denuclearization, which has stalled since 2019.

But according to Kim Jong-un the “dialogue without conditions“Offered by Washington is”a facade to deceive the international community and disguise its hostilities, and is only an extension of the hostile policy pursued by previous American administrations”.

At that time, we saw perfectly represented the current escalation of arms in which the peninsula is mired, Seoul speaking of “ProvocationNorth Koreans and meeting some of these tests launch its own ballistic missile from a submarine and announce the development of new weapons.

However, in his speech, Kim reached out to his neighbor, announcing that telematics communications with Seoul, interrupted by Pyongyang in August to protest the joint military maneuvers between the South and the United States, They will be reinstated in early October to improve relations.

Like her sister did Kim yo-jong -which during this parliamentary session was elected new member of the powerful Committee on State Affairs- in a series of press releases published a few days ago, the leader He also urged Seoul to change its “usual confrontational attitude” towards the regime to restore ties.

Kim assured that the South and the United States “are carrying out formidable military activities which exceed what is permitted, destroy the stability and balance around the peninsula“And urged the neighboring country to “Stop thinking that he has to contain the provocations from North Korea, that he has no intention of doing any harm.”

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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