Seoul ¨C North Korea¡¯s recent missile tests were ¡°serious, unlawful¡± provocations, senior officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan said on Wednesday, urging Pyongyang to return to dialogue and accept offers of COVID-19 aid.
South Korea Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori made the comments as they gathered in Seoul, days after North Korea conducted the latest in a series of missile tests and signs of preparations for what would be its first nuclear test since 2017.
The three-way meeting of the countries¡¯ No. 2 diplomats, the first such gathering since November and the first since South Korea¡¯s President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May, highlighted the urgency and gravity of North Korea¡¯s intensifying weapons tests.
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