EU condemns North Korea's launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

The European Union condemned the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea on October 31.

This is stated in the statement of the high representative of the EU, reports Ukrinform

“The EU strongly condemns the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 31 October. This unlawful launch demonstrates the DPRK's intention to develop means of delivering weapons of mass destruction. It is in flagrant violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions, as is the deployment of troops and arms to Russia in support of its aggressive war against Ukraine,” the document states.

The EU High Representative stresses that such actions endanger regional and international peace and violate the non-proliferation regime.

He called on the DPRK to immediately return to complying with its obligations under the resolutions of the UN Security Council, to give up nuclear weapons and other types of weapons of mass destruction, to curtail its ballistic missile development programs and existing nuclear programs, and to stop all related activities.

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“The DPRK cannot and will never have the status of a nuclear-weapon state under the Non-Proliferation Treaty or any other special status in this regard.” “The DPRK must immediately return to full compliance with the NPT as a non-nuclear state, to compliance with the Agreement on Comprehensive Safeguards of the Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to implement the Additional Protocol, to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty,” the high representative of the EU stressed.< /p>

In this context, he said, it is critical that UN member states, including members of the UN Security Council, ensure full implementation of sanctions and call on North Korea to stop its illegal actions, refrain from escalating military tensions and return to diplomacy .

«The EU coordinates efforts with partners, in particular with the Republic of Korea and Japan. The EU is ready to work with all partners in promoting any meaningful diplomatic process aimed at building sustainable peace and security through the complete, controlled and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. – emphasized the diplomat.

As reported, North Korea announced testing an intercontinental ballistic missile on October 31.

According to preliminary estimates of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, the DPRK conducted a test of a new type of long-range solid-fuel ICBM.