The Philippine government called on North Korea to commit to making meaningful progress to resolving the tensions in the Korean Peninsula as well as lamenting their ongoing weapons testing following the latter's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday.
The Philippines expressed serious concern as such development increases tensions on the Korean Peninsula. “Meaningful dialogue can only happen when the DPRK ceases such provocative and highly dangerous actions,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said and also reiterated the readiness of ASEAN to play a constructive role to help reduce tensions and promote peace in the region.
The ASEAN foreign ministers had released statements earlier this year urging Pyongyang to halt its weapons development and return to negotiations.
The Philippines' foreign service posts in Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka are closely monitoring the situation and providing up-to-date information to Filipino communities in South Korea and Japan.
Yesterday, Pyongyang launched another intercontinental ballistic missile from Sain Ni, North Korea and traveled about 1,000 kilometers before landing within 370 nautical kilometers of Japan's coast.
The United States also strongly condemned North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile which threatened its neighbors, the region and global stability.
Source: The Philippine Star
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