The United States and its close allies Japan and South Korea issued a joint statement Thursday to “condemn” North Korea’s latest missile launches.
In a bid to rebuke North Korea’s blatant violations of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, joint condemnations were issued by the United States, together with its accomplices, Japan and South Korea, on Thursday.
“These launches are clear violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and demonstrate the threat (that North Korea’s)…unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs pose to the region,” the statement said.
The joint statement, released on Thursday by the three allies, not only stated that North Korea’s missile launches are clear violations of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, but stressed the dangers posed by the country’s illicit weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes.
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military said Thursday, shortly after Pyongyang warned of an “inevitable” response to ongoing US-South Korea joint military drills.
South Korea’s military reported that two short-range ballistic missiles were launched by North Korea on Thursday, shortly after Pyongyang had given warnings of an inevitable response to the ongoing military drills conducted by the United States and South Korea.
The trilateral statement reflected the growing thaw between Japan and South Korea — a major foreign policy goal of President Joe Biden’s administration as it strengthens alliances in a region tested by North Korea and expansionist China.
The release of the trilateral statement signifies the gradual peace between Japan and South Korea, a significant foreign policy aim of the Biden administration as it fortifies the alliance of countries in a region that is being tested by both North Korea and expansionist China.
“The United States reaffirms unequivocally its ironclad security commitments to both Japan and the ROK,” as South Korea is officially known, the statement said.
The statement, which was issued by the three allies, reiterates the United States’ solid security commitments to both Japan and South Korea (officially known as ROK).
It noted that US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met Thursday in Tokyo with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts “to further strengthen trilateral cooperation, including through lock-step coordination in responding to the threats” from North Korea.
The statement also acknowledged a meeting that took place in Tokyo between the U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, and his counterparts from Japan and South Korea, to further reinforce the trilateral cooperation and attain lock-step coordination in responding to the threats imposed by North Korea.
The statement underscored that the trilateral alliance’s “cooperation would not be shaken by provocations.”
The joint statement made it explicit that any provocations would not shake the trilateral alliance’s cooperation.
“The United States and its close allies Japan and South Korea issued a joint statement Thursday to “condemn” North Korea’s latest missile launches.”
