NATO·EU Strongly Condemn North Korea's Launch Using Ballistic Missile Technology
"Violation of UN Security Council Resolution... Solidarity with Hanil"
On the 31st, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the European Union (EU) strongly condemned North Korea's launch of an object claimed to be a space launch vehicle, calling it a "violation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions."
![[Image source=Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023053119442049082_1685529859.jpg)
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, stated in a press release posted on the official website that day, "We strongly condemn North Korea's attempt to launch a military satellite using ballistic missile technology." He criticized, "(North Korea's launch) heightens tensions and poses a serious threat to security in the region and beyond," calling it "a blatant violation of multiple UNSC resolutions." He emphasized, "NATO urges North Korea to cease all provocative acts and return to dialogue to achieve sustainable peace and a complete, verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," affirming strong solidarity with South Korea and Japan.
The EU's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service (EEAS), also issued a statement that day under the spokesperson's name, saying, "We strongly condemn North Korea's launch using ballistic military technology." The EEAS stated, "North Korea's persistent and blatant disregard for its obligations under UNSC resolutions threatens international and regional peace and security," urging "all member states, including UNSC members, to publicly raise their voices to demonstrate that such actions by North Korea are absolutely unacceptable."
Hot Picks Today
"Stocks Are Not Taxed, but Annual Crypto Gains Over 2.5 Million Won to Be Taxed Next Year... Investors Push Back"
- Sampyo Group Chairman’s Trial Over ‘Eldest Son’s Unfair Support’: Prosecution and Defense Dispute Project’s Nature
- "Who Is Visiting Japan These Days?" The Once-Crowded Tourist Spots Empty Out... What's Happening?
- "Am I Really in the Top 30%?" and "Worried About My Girlfriend in the Bottom 70%"... Buzz Over High Oil Price Relief Fund
- "It Has Now Crossed Borders": No Vaccine or Treatment as Bundibugyo Ebola Variant Spreads [Reading Science]
Earlier, North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration announced that at 6:27 a.m., it launched a military reconnaissance satellite named 'Manriki-1' from the West Sea Satellite Launching Ground in Cholsan County, Pyonganbuk Province, using a new launch vehicle; however, the launch vehicle lost propulsion and fell into the West Sea.
© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.
