US “North Korean Missiles Normal Military Activities…No Violation of Security Council Resolution”

A senior US administration official Joe Biden confirmed on the 23rd (local time) that North Korea fired a short-range missile last weekend, saying, “This is in the category of North Korea’s normal military activities.” It also evaluated that it did not fall under the UN Security Council sanctions resolution.

The biden administration’s intention was not to consider the North Korean missile test as a provocation and to not increase tensions between the United States and North Korea. Earlier, the Washington Post (WP) reported that “last Sunday (21st) North Korea fired several short-range missiles.”

“We also know about the military activities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) last weekend,” the senior official said in an emergency briefing on the day. “We take all military activities seriously, but (this test) limits the ballistic missile programme. It is not subject to sanctions according to the resolution of the UN Security Council,” he said.

Another high-ranking official said, “North Korea has familiar provocative menus for sending a message to the US government,” said “ballistic missiles and various ranges, mobile and submarine-launched missiles, nuclear and thermonuclear, etc.” “We’re really aware of what happened last weekend, and it’s down the road in this spectrum,” he added.

“Almost all types of nuclear and missile tests apply to UN Security Council resolutions, but this is not so, so you will know where in the spectrum of our interests.” He delivered a message that the United States is not very concerned about the North Korean missile test.

Normally, test launches of North Korean missiles are publicized through announcements by the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff. This time, neither the Korean government nor the US and Japanese governments announced this.

When asked why the governments of the countries concerned did not announce this in real time, a high-ranking official said, “I don’t think it is in our best interest to exaggerate this activity on the Korean peninsula as it is considered part of a’normal’ tense military environment “I don’t.”

He added, “I will say that it will be difficult to find a place on Earth with more alertness than the situation surrounding North Korea.”

“It is a common practice for North Korea to test a variety of systems, and they also maintain a relatively high readiness,” he stressed.

When asked about the date North Korea launched the missile and the type of projectile, it was no longer elaborated, saying that it was a “short-range system not included in the UN Security Council resolution.” Officials said, “We can’t share the details yet.”

Senior officials said that all of a series of high-level talks attended by the United States have discussed the North Korean nuclear issue. The official said, “North Korea was included in all dialogues, starting with the Quad Summit, 2+2 meetings held by visiting South Korea and Japan respectively, and 2+2 meetings between the US and China,” he said.

The official said, “The ongoing review of North Korea policy is in the final stage,” and said that the Biden administration’s policy toward North Korea will be completed sooner or later. He is also talking with officials who were in charge of North Korea policy in the former administration of Donald Trump, and listened to and conveyed the opinions of all who have dealt with North Korea since the mid-1990s.

The official said, “At the invitation of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan next week, National Security Advisors from South Korea and Japan will visit the United States and hold a trilateral consultation between Korea, the United States, and Japan.” “I said.

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]