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| U.S. Treads Softly Over Nork Missile Tests | ||
| 2009-10-15 | ||
The U.S. administration on Tuesday held off on condemnation of North Korea's short-range missile tests. Asked Monday whether the firing of short-range missiles violates UN Security Council Resolution 1874, a senior official with the U.S. State Department told reporters that the U.S. government was still thinking about the matter.
The short-range KN-02 surface-to-surface missile fired is a kind of ballistic missile, which means the tests fell foul of the resolution's ban on "all activities related to its ballistic missile program." Meanwhile, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley told reporters, "We are interested in seeing a resumption of the six-party process. We're interested in seeing North Korea recommit to its obligations that it's made in the past few years" to dismantle its nuclear program. There is speculation that the U.S. government is trying to overlook the missile tests for the sake of getting the nuclear talks back on the road.
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| Posted by:Steve White |