Russia, China call for simultaneous freeze on North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests

World powers Russia and China have both described North Korea’s continued missile tests as ‘unacceptable’ urging the United Nations Security Council to implement a simultaneous freeze on the Norths nuclear and military exercises.

The positions were announced in a joint document issued after a meeting between leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in the Russian capital of Moscow on Tuesday, in which they also condemned Pyongyang’s latest missile test as “unacceptable” and urged against “any statements or actions that could lead to an increase in tensions”.

“The two sides propose that the DPRK (North Korea) as a voluntary political decision declares a moratorium on testing nuclear explosive devices and ballistic rocket launches, and the US and South Korea refrain from carrying out large-scale joint exercises,” the two countries’ foreign ministries said in a joint statement.

“Parallel to this, the opposing sides should start negotiations and affirm general principles of their relations including the non-use of force, rejection of aggression and peaceful co-existence,” the statement added.

Read also: Despite proposed threat of sanctions, N’Korea fires another ballistic missile

24 hours ago, North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un continued to show its increasing threat to Asia and the world at large when it fired another ballistic missile into the sea of Japan.

According to South Korea’s military in a statement, the North fired the “unidentified ballistic missile” at around 00:40 GMT from a site near its western region of Banghyon in North Pyongan province and flew about 930 kilometres before coming down in the Sea of Japan.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters the missile flew for 40 minutes – an unusually long flight time.

 

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