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Sun, 04/05/2009 - 08:08
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Obama calls on N. Korea to stop rocket launch plan
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Friday urged North Korea to stop its plans to launch a rocket, threatening to bring it to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.
"We have made very clear to the North Koreans that their missile launch is
provocative, it puts enormous strains on the six-party talks, and that they
should stop the launch," Obama said in a joint new conference with French
President Nicholas Sarkozy in Paris, according to a transcript released by the
White House.
"It is not just us that has said that North Korea should not launch," he said.
"Japan, Korea, Russia, China, the other members of the six-party talks have all
indicated that this launch should not go forward."
North Korea has notified relevant international organizations of its plans to
shoot a rocket between Saturday and Wednesday for satellite delivery, which the
U.S. and its allies consider a cover for ballistic missile test.
Obama met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in London Thursday on the
sidelines of the G20 economic summit to agree that they will refer any rocket
launch by North Korea to the U.N. Security Council for possible punitive action,
but Chinese President Hu Jintao stopped short of agreeing to that while meeting
with the two leaders, respectively, in the British capital.
China and Russia have been urging all the parties involved to exercise restraint
on the rocket issue, spawning speculation that they might not join any effort by
the U.S. and its allies to further sanction the North.
"Should North Korea decide to take this action, we will work with all interested
parties in the international community to take appropriate steps to let North
Korea know that it can't threaten the safety and security of other countries with
impunity," Obama said. "The response so far from the North Koreans has been not
just unhelpful, but has resorted to the sort of language that has led to North
Korea's isolation in the international community for a very long time."
hdh@yna.co.kr
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"We have made very clear to the North Koreans that their missile launch is
provocative, it puts enormous strains on the six-party talks, and that they
should stop the launch," Obama said in a joint new conference with French
President Nicholas Sarkozy in Paris, according to a transcript released by the
White House.
"It is not just us that has said that North Korea should not launch," he said.
"Japan, Korea, Russia, China, the other members of the six-party talks have all
indicated that this launch should not go forward."
North Korea has notified relevant international organizations of its plans to
shoot a rocket between Saturday and Wednesday for satellite delivery, which the
U.S. and its allies consider a cover for ballistic missile test.
Obama met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in London Thursday on the
sidelines of the G20 economic summit to agree that they will refer any rocket
launch by North Korea to the U.N. Security Council for possible punitive action,
but Chinese President Hu Jintao stopped short of agreeing to that while meeting
with the two leaders, respectively, in the British capital.
China and Russia have been urging all the parties involved to exercise restraint
on the rocket issue, spawning speculation that they might not join any effort by
the U.S. and its allies to further sanction the North.
"Should North Korea decide to take this action, we will work with all interested
parties in the international community to take appropriate steps to let North
Korea know that it can't threaten the safety and security of other countries with
impunity," Obama said. "The response so far from the North Koreans has been not
just unhelpful, but has resorted to the sort of language that has led to North
Korea's isolation in the international community for a very long time."
hdh@yna.co.kr
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