US media revealed that North Korea launched short-range missiles into the sea little after denouncing Washington for holding annual military exercises with South Korea
Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP / Getty Images
For: EFE
Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP / Getty Images
For: EFE
U.S downplayed the release of various short-range missiles by North Korea and hoped to find a way to reboot soon the dialogue with Pyongyang , a topic that he will address next week in a high-level meeting with Japan and South Korea.
After several US media revealed that North Korea launched those missiles this weekend and described it as a “provocation” to the Government of the President Joe Biden , two official sources in the country rushed to clarify that the White House is not worried about what happened.
“ The system (which they used) is not covered by the resolutions of the UN Security Council “, and falls within the” normal “military activities that North Korea usually carries out, said a senior US official, who requested anonymity.
“We do not believe that it is in our interest to give importance to this,” added the official during a telephone press conference.
North Korea threatened last week to resume its weapons tests if South Korea and the United States did not suspend their traditional spring maneuvers , a warning that usually every time they occur.
The official recalled that North Koreans “have a familiar menu of provocations when they want to send a message to a government of this dos Unidos “, but stressed that the option they have used this time is” at the lower end of that spectrum “in terms of the concern it generates.
The source advanced that the White House National Security Council is “in the final stages” of reviewing the US strategy toward North Korea commissioned by Biden when he came to power in January.
For this reason, Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will receive his counterparts from Japan and South Korea in Washington at the end of next week for a day’s conversation. about the relationship with Pyongyang, the official explained.
The source did not identify the officials who will travel to Washington but is expected to It is about Shotaro Yachi, who heads the Japanese National Security Council; and Suh Hooh, National Security Advisor to the South Korean Presidency.
It will be one of the highest-profile meetings in Washington since Biden came to power, and it aims to “Update you on the conclusions” reached by the White House on how it should face the relationship with the hermetic Asian country.
“ We want to clearly state that we are prepared to continue our relationship with North Korea “, indicated the official.
The dialogue between the United States and North Korea has been suspended for more than a year, after three summits between the former president Donald Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, who did not reach an agreement on the denuclearization process.
The White House revealed this month that it has tried to contact North Korea for a Some channels, but no response.
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