6 minutes agoJapan urges Baltics to foster pressure on North Korea
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on NATO members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to support pressure on North Korea while on a visit to the Baltic region. “We must work together to empower rule of law in North Korea based on international law, which is now a threat to [...]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on NATO members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to support pressure on North Korea while on a visit to the Baltic region.
“We must work together to empower rule of law in North Korea, based on international law, which is now a threat to the global community”, Abe has told reporters in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.
He has said that despite lowering tensions due to the South Korea Winter Olympic Games, it is very important to reduce “pressure” for genus to curb the nuclear and ballistic missile programme.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulus Skvernelis has given his support, just as his Latvian counterpart, Maris Kuczynskis, with whom he met in Riga.
Japan and its allies, the United States and South Korea, have made efforts to stop northern Korea in its nuclear and ballistic missile activities, which have also been banned with UN resolutions.
However, the situation has calmed down in recent days, as officials of the two Koreas are scheduled to discuss the participation of North Korea at the Winter Olympics.
Meanwhile Abe is also expected to visit Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania, the first visit by a Japanese prime minister to these countries.
