RI CONCERNED ABOUT N KOREA'S NUCLEAR TEST

Jakarta, May 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government on Sunday expressed concern about North Korea's nuclear test and stressed the need to preserve stability in the Korean peninsula.
"We are quite concerned about the North Korea's act to launch a missile. The issue will be discussed (at the ASEAN-Korea commemorative summit)," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said at Halim Perdanakusuma airport here.

North Korea announced on Monday that it successfully conducted an underground nuclear test. Its previous test was carried out in 2006.

Yonhap news agency quoted an unidentified South Korean official as saying the missile is a new type of ground-to-air missile estimated to have a range of up to 260 kilometers.
Dino said Indonesia stressed the need to preserve stability in the peninsula. "And constant efforts need to be made (to solve the issue) through six-party talks."
The ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit which will bring together leaders of 10 ASEAN member countries and South Korea takes place on June 1-2 in the southern resort island of Jeju, South Korea.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left here on Sunday morning for South Korea for the summit aimed at commemorating 20 years of ASEAN-South Korea relations.

South Korea has expressed support for ASEAN's efforts to create a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN)" and a nuclear-free zone in the Southeast Asian region.

In return, ASEAN supports South Korea's efforts to solve the the North Korean nuclear issue in a peaceful way in the six-party talks.***3***