Kim portrayed concern about the unprecedented variety of ballistic missile launches performed by the DPRK this year, which includes eight intercontinental ballistic missiles. He strongly condemned these types of missile launches, each of which violated multiple UN Protection Council resolutions, and stressed the need for all UN Associate States to fulfill their commitments and fully enforce the particular sanctions regime. Kim highlighted that maintaining peace plus stability on the Korean Peninsula is an important shared goal plus reaffirmed that the United States is usually committed to diplomacy and is prepared to meet with the DPRK anytime.
Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Betty held a videoconference upon December 7 with PRC Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming to discuss the DPRK’s increasingly destabilizing and escalatory behavior.
The following is usually attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
