Senior U.S. diplomat Sung Kim called on North Korea to stop missile tests and resume nuclear negotiations Sunday, AP reports.
Driving the news: Kim’s remarks come on the heels of the country’s submarine-fired missile launch last week, which violated multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
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Submarine missile fires are harder to detect and would ultimately provide North Korea with “a secondary, retaliatory attack capability,” AP writes.
What he’s saying: “We call on the [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] to cease these provocations and other destabilizing activities, and instead, engage in dialogue,” Kim said, per the AP.
The backdrop: Earlier this month, North Korea accused the UN Security Council of applying a double standard over the country’s missile program.
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The country began resuming its missile tests in September, after a six-month hiatus, according to AP.
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