North Korea: firing a "projectile", Pyongyang asserts its "legitimate right" to test weapons
North Korean Scud-B missile replicas at the Korean War Memorial, March 24, 2021 (illustrative image).
AFP - JUNG YEON-JE
Text by: RFI Follow
2 min
North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile" into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean army announced on Tuesday (September 28th), just as Pyongyang was asserting its "legitimate right to the UN" To test weapons.
Advertising
Read more
This is the third shot fired by North Korea in September 2021. The first involved a long-range cruise missile and the second a short-range ballistic missile.
No other details have yet been released by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense capacity building
This launch comes a few days after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hinted at the possibility of a summit between the two Koreas, while demanding beforehand that Seoul abandon its "
hostile policy
”. At the same time, North Korean Ambassador to the UN Kim Song said his country has the "
legitimate right
" to test weapons and "
strengthen
(its)
defense capabilities
". He then demanded that the United States cease its "
hostile policy
" towards his country.
The launching of this "projectile" occurs - moreover - on the day of the opening of a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean parliament.
South Korea's National Security Council met urgently after the shooting on Tuesday.
In a statement, he "
deplored this launch at a time when political stability on the Korean peninsula is going through an extremely critical moment
."
Recent appeals from South Korean President Moon Jae-in aimed to declare an official end to the inter-Korean conflict of 1950-53 which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, leaving the two sides technically at war since. over half a century.
"
A violation of the multiple resolutions of the Security Council
"
The US State Department condemned the new missile fire in a statement Monday evening.
"
This launch constitutes a violation of the multiple resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations and represents a threat for the neighbors
(of North Korea)
and the international community
", he estimated, calling on Pyongyang "
to engage the dialogue
”.
(
with AFP
)
►
See also: North Korea says it is ready to consider an inter-Korean summit
Newsletter
Receive all international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_FR
North Korea
South Korea
United States
Defense
Kim Jong-un