SEOUL • The UN’s political affairs chief expressed willingness to ease tension on the Korean peninsula during a visit to North Korea, state media said yesterday, amid a rising war of words over Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes..
SEOUL • The UN’s political affairs chief expressed willingness to ease tension on the Korean peninsula during a visit to North Korea, state media said yesterday, amid a rising war of words over Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes.
North Korea also said in a statement carried by its official KCNA that the UN envoy acknowledged the negative impact of sanctions on humanitarian aid to the country.
Mr Jeffrey Feltman, the highest-level UN official to visit North Korea since 2012, did not speak to reporters when he arrived back at Beijing airport yesterday morning.
« The United Nations expressed concerns over the heightened situation on the Korean peninsula and expressed willingness to work on easing tensions on the Korean peninsula in accordance with the UN Charter which is based on international peace and security, » the news agency said.
North Korea is pursuing nuclear and missile weapons programmes in defiance of UN sanctions and international condemnation.
On Nov 29, it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which it said was its most advanced yet, capable of reaching the mainland US.
