G7 foreign ministers expressed concern on Tuesday about cooperation between Russia and North Korea, warning that it could undermine peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and other areas.
The leaders stressed in a statement that cooperation between Russia and North Korea could lead to “the violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and” undermine peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently visited Russia, where he met President Vladimir Putin. The meeting, the contents of which were not officially made public, did not result in any agreement between the two countries, but there were indications that they discussed military and space cooperation.
After the meeting, Kim Jong-un expressed his confidence in the victory of ‘great Russia’ in Ukraine.
The heads of diplomacy from the world’s seven most industrialized countries – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom – who met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations High Level Week The General Assembly of the Nations called on all member states of this body to implement all Security Council resolutions “fully and effectively”.
Still on North Korea, G7 ministers condemned “the country’s systematic violations of human rights”, urging it to “cooperate with the United Nations and comply with its international obligations”, and specifically “to immediately address the kidnapping issue to solve’. “
The G7 also “strongly condemned” North Korea’s “continued expansion of illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs” and the “escalation of destabilizing activities.”
“This includes the failed space launch in August using ballistic missile technology, which is a blatant violation of UN Security Council resolutions,” the ministers stressed in the statement.
G7 members reaffirmed their commitment to “the denuclearization of North Korea” and demanded that the country “abandon its existing nuclear weapons and nuclear programs, and all other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.”
G7 diplomacy chiefs also expressed concern over recent developments in the Sahel, condemning the coup in Niger and calling for “the release of President Bazoum and the return to constitutional order.”
The government officials also expressed their “full support for the diplomatic efforts” of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union and other regional actors.
Source: DN
