During a meeting with the Canadian foreign minister, the South Korean foreign minister stressed the need for a united international response in the event of a major North Korean provocation. The Canadian Foreign Minister reiterated his firm will to implement sanctions against North Korea. Correspondent Ahn so young.
Amid North Korea’s provocations of ballistic missiles and artillery fire, the foreign ministers of South Korea and Canada held a meeting in Seoul and exchanged views on North Korea’s complete denuclearization and efforts to implement sanctions against North Korea.
The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on the 14th that Foreign Minister Park Jin met with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie, who is visiting Korea, to discuss follow-up measures for the Korea-Canada summit. held on 23 month, the Indo-Pacific cooperation, the Korean peninsula and the global situation and cooperation on the international stage.
In particular, Minister Park said that North Korea is increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the region by intricately conducting artillery fire and threatening flights in the maritime buffer zone prohibited by the 9.19 agreement along with the launch of ballistic missiles. the same day. He explained that he had explained the unique sanctions against North Korea and stressed the need for a decisive and united response from the international community in the event of a major North Korean provocation.
In response, Minister Jolie said Canada’s determination to implement sanctions, including active participation in monitoring activities for sanctions violations against North Korea, was firm and that she actively supported the South Korean government’s efforts to achieve sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula through the complete denuclearization of North Korea. she said
The two Ministers also appreciated the close cooperation between the two countries in the international arena, including the United Nations, and added that they agreed to continue close cooperation between the two countries on major international issues relating to climate change, the promotion of human rights and non-proliferation.
Meanwhile, Minister Jolie also had a meeting with South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se at the Seoul government complex before meeting with Minister Park.
During the meeting, Minister Jolie criticized “North Korea’s missile launch early this morning and North Korea’s attitude in recent days is unacceptable behavior,” the South Korean Unification Ministry said.
In this regard, Minister Kwon said: “North Korea launched ballistic missiles in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and bombed the west coast in violation of the September 19 military agreement between the two Koreas” , has explained.
“The North Korean provocation is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and inter-Korean military agreements, and close cooperation with Canada and the international community is needed in terms of a threat to regional stability and the Korean peninsula,” he explained. the Ministry of Unification.
The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also published a photo of the meeting between Minister Jolie and Minister Kwon on the social network service Twitter and wrote: “Canada is committed to peace and stability on the Korean peninsula”.
“Today, Minister Jolie met with South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se and reaffirmed Canada’s condemnation of North Korea’s reckless missile launch,” he said.
I’m Ahn So-young from VOA News.
