North Korean nuclear representatives from South Korea and the United States discuss response to North Korean provocations... "Promotion of New Security Council Resolutions"

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South Korea and the United States have decided to push for a new UN Security Council resolution to respond to North Korea's successive armed provocations.

North Korean nuclear representatives from South Korea and the United States agreed that a decisive response must be taken to prevent further escalation of tensions.

This is Washington correspondent Yunsu Kim.

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Kyu-deok Noh, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Relations Division, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Sung Kim, Special Representative for North Korea from the US State Department, met in Washington, D.C., USA.

This is the first face-to-face meeting after North Korea's recent test-fires of intercontinental ballistic missiles and ICBMs.

North Korea's chief nuclear representatives from the United States and South Korea first agreed that North Korea's ICBM launch is a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

In particular, we decided to promote a new UN Security Council resolution on North Korea for a decisive response.

[Noh Gyu-deok/Director of the Korean Peninsula Peace Relations Headquarters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Regarding the North Korean ICBM launch, we agreed that it is necessary to push for strong measures, including the promotion of a new resolution in the Security Council.]

The United Nations adopted after North Korea's ICBM launch in 2017 The Security Council resolution stipulates that if North Korea fires an ICBM again, it can further reduce oil supply to North Korea.

Accordingly, if the new Security Council resolution is pushed forward, it seems that it will include restrictions on additional oil supply.

Immediately after North Korea's ICBM launch, the US tried to adopt a press statement condemning North Korea at the UN Security Council, but it was canceled due to opposition from China and Russia.

However, President Sung Kim emphasized that there is no change in the US policy toward North Korea, which is a solution through diplomacy.

[Sung Kim / US State Department Special Representative for North Korea: We have also clearly confirmed that we are still open to diplomacy.

However, the decision to move forward rests with Pyongyang.] The top

North Korean nuclear representatives from the United States and the Republic of Korea have agreed to meet again soon in South Korea to continue discussions.