On the day that Joe Biden arrives in Europe, the high voltage returns to North Korea. Pyongyang started a ICBM ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. This was announced by the South Korean President Moon Jaeinexpressed his disappointment at the conclusion of the National Security Council session, “for violating the Pyongyang’s selfimposed moratorium“About tests and UN resolutions. Seoul, for its part, has announced that it has conducted a cycle of missile launches”strategically“By land, sea and air in response to the test of the North Koreathis is the strongest since 2017.
The missile 170 km from Japan The Japanese Ministry of Defense stated that the missile from Pyongyang fell to approx 170 kilometers from the coasts of the prefecture of Aomori, northwest of the archipelago. A distance that is within the Exclusive Economic Zone (Zee). Sources in the ministry report on public television Nhk that the projectile has reached an altitude of 6,000 km and therefore a ICBM ballistic missile.
China’s intervention So, a month after the start of the war in Ukraine, the Korean front is open again. And Cine takes the opportunity to invite all parties to “do drive the process forward“Of the Peace of the Peninsula. “We hope that all interested parties will focus on the general peace and stability situation on the peninsula,” the State Department spokesman said. Wang Wenbin. The hope, he added in the daily briefing, is that “they will stick to the right direction of dialogue and consultation and work together to advance the process of politically resolving the Korean Peninsula issue.”
The reactions of the US and Tokyo North Korea’s move comes on the day of the NATO meeting Brussels with the US President biden and with the unusual presence of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. For Kishida, the act of North Korea is “careless” And “unacceptable“. The Japanese Prime Minister said he wanted to confirm the coordination of the response to repeated provocations by Pyongyang that violate UN resolutions. The Prime Minister added that Japan will cooperate with the US South Korea, alluding to further sanctions against North Korea after the missile landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, according to Tokyo media. The launch of the North Korean missile also provoked a reaction from the Americans, with White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki describing the act as “a blatant violation of several resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and increases unnecessarily tensionsshould destabilize the security situation in the region.
Korea tests The launch comes after four days of its artillery drills Pyongyang and last week’s (failed, according to Seoul) launch of what appears to be a longrange missile system. However, these are further signs of the state’s willingness to start a permanent cycle provocative acts after threatening a stalemate in January amid ongoing negotiations United States of America in the nuclear dossier to lift the selfimposed moratorium on nuclear tests and ICBMs a few years ago.