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US official: We are ready to meet with North Korea without preconditions



US Special Representative for North Korea Sang Kim, Funakoshi Takhiro, Director-General of the Foreign Office’s Asia-Pacific Office, and South Korea’s Granddaughter-in-Chief for Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula, Monday, local time In trilateral contact, they discussed North Korean ballistic missile launches.

Washington’s special envoy to North Korea, in contact with South Korean and Japanese officials, stressed the United States’ commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and said that its commitment to defending its allies, including Korea and Japan, was ironic.

According to the State Department, the US official expressed concern about North Korea’s missile launches, including the latest case, which was one of several North Korean missile launches this month that violated several UN Security Council resolutions.

The US Special Representative for North Korea has called on Pyongyang to suspend its illegal and destabilizing activities and enter into talks.

The US official also stressed that the United States is still ready to meet with North Korea without preconditions.

According to a State Department statement, three US, Japanese and South Korean officials pledged to continue their close coordination.

According to IRNA, North Korea today fired two more missiles into the sea, which is the fourth test of the country in less than two weeks. These tests appear to have been conducted to demonstrate deterrent power while responding to the suspension of nuclear talks with the United States.

The South Korean military said today that its northern neighbor fired two ballistic missiles into the sea four minutes apart, both before landing in the northeastern coast of the country, at a maximum altitude of 380 km. They had traveled 42 kilometers.

According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, the North Korean military believes that North Korea’s fourth test of a short-range missile from an airport in Yongyang to the east is to show off Pyongyang’s military might.

According to the report, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean Army announced in a text message to reporters without further explanation that two suspicious short-range ballistic missiles were detected on Monday, January 17 from Sinan Airport in the North Korean capital, so Seoul has no choice but to be ready. Defend yourself against these military threats.

Experts say Pyongyang’s recent firing underscores North Korea’s growing ability to launch missiles from various platforms, including trains, underground bases and ground installations, and in fact the purpose of these military deterrents is to protest new sanctions. Administered by President Joe Biden.

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