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Philippines tells North Korea to avoid raising tension in Korean Peninsula, Pacific
The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs urged North Korea to avoid taking provocative actions which would heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and the Pacific.
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Mounting tensions: People watch a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Aug.29. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean on August 29 in a major escalation by Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons ambitions.
(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
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he Philippine government urged North Korea on Wednesday to call off its announced plans to conduct more ballistic missile test launches to avoid further raising tensions in the region.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano asked the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) to “heed the calls” of the international community as the reclusive state warned of more ballistic missile tests in the Pacific.
“The Philippines urges the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) to heed the calls of the international community to avoid taking provocative actions that contribute to nothing but heightened tensions not just in the Korean Peninsula but also in the rest of the Asia-Pacific Region,” Cayetano said in a statement.
“The Philippines and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), however, continue to be willing to play a constructive role in creating an environment that would help achieve peace and stability in our part of the world,” Cayetano added.
Pyongyang launched its first intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, which crossed over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island.
Cayetano earlier called on North Korea to halt such “dangerous and provocative actions” and instead start dialogue with its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific Region.
This article appeared on the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
