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Southeast Asian leaders call for restraint on Korean Peninsula
By Korea HeraldPublished : April 4, 2012 - 20:52
PHNOM PENH (AFP) ― Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday called for restraint on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea prepares for a rocket launch that has alarmed countries in the region.
“We urged all parties concerned to exercise self-restraint and not to undertake any steps which could lead to the escalation of tensions in the Korean Peninsula,” Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders said in a joint statement.
The leaders at the end of their annual summit in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh also called for the early resumption of so-called six party talks “for the interest of peace, security and stability” on the peninsula.
Pyongyang sparked alarm in the region when it announced last month it would launch a rocket to place a satellite in orbit.
The United States, Japan and other nations say the launch is a disguised ballistic missile test, and would breach a U.N. ban on North Korean missile launches.
“We urged all parties concerned to exercise self-restraint and not to undertake any steps which could lead to the escalation of tensions in the Korean Peninsula,” Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders said in a joint statement.
The leaders at the end of their annual summit in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh also called for the early resumption of so-called six party talks “for the interest of peace, security and stability” on the peninsula.
Pyongyang sparked alarm in the region when it announced last month it would launch a rocket to place a satellite in orbit.
The United States, Japan and other nations say the launch is a disguised ballistic missile test, and would breach a U.N. ban on North Korean missile launches.
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Articles by Korea Herald
