TOKYO, 7 February. / Corr. Kirill Agafonov TASS /. North Korea has carried out on Sunday the launch of a test site Shohei in the north-west of the country of the carrier rocket with an artificial satellite of the Earth “kwangmyŏngsŏng program-4″, which in Japan, South Korea and other countries have found a test of a ballistic missile.
On news agency KCNA, the launch was successful, and the satellite was put into orbit. These actions Pyongyang denounced the international community, and in the day on this issue is expected an emergency meeting of the Security Council (SC) of the United Nations.
The first reports of missile launches came from the South Korean news agency Yonhap. Later, the Japanese government has distributed a notice via a nationwide system J-Alert notifications. In turn, the Strategic Command (STRATCOM) US military reported that tracked the launch and trajectory of a missile.
The international community strongly condemned the actions of North Korea
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Pyongyang I listened to the calls of the international community, once again demonstrating the defiant disregard for international law.
With the condemnation of Pyongyang in the address also made by representatives of several countries and international organizations. Thus, the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General called on North Korea to “stop provocative actions” and comply with obligations to the international community, and stressed that he is ready to work with all parties on the reduction of tensions and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the missile launch “unpardonable provocation”. “This is – an unpardonable provocation by North Korea in this regard, Seoul and Washington will take all necessary countermeasures.” – Said the South Korean leader. She also noted that “Pyongyang is developing missile technology to strengthen his regime”.
In the first minutes after the rocket launch “a violation of UN Security Council resolution,” he called, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who stressed that Tokyo has repeatedly He demanded the DPRK to exercise restraint. “Japan will cooperate with the international community in this regard”, – he said and added that “North Korea’s actions to pressure by launching a rocket is absolutely unacceptable”
China’s Foreign Ministry expressed regret in connection with the start-up. . “China expresses regret over the fact that the DPRK, despite widespread protests from the international community, has carried out a rocket launch. China believes that North Korea has the right to the peaceful use of outer space, but now it is North Korea’s right to limited UN Security Council resolution” – says the statement of the official representative of the Ministry Hua Chunying. At the same time, the document notes: “China hopes that the parties concerned will respond calmly to act prudently and will not take any steps that could lead to a gradual increase in tension on the Korean peninsula”
US Secretary of State John. Kerry said that “this is the second time in just over a month when North Korea decided to carry out a major provocation that threatens not only the security of the Korean Peninsula, but also the entire region, and the United States as well.” “We reiterate our firm commitment to the defense of our allies, including South Korea and Japan, we will continue to work with our partners and the UN Security Council on significant measures that will lead North Korea to account.”, – Stressed he
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not everything went according to plan
The news agency KCNA has reported that the DPRK-designed rocket has successfully placed into orbit an artificial satellite of the Earth “kwangmyŏngsŏng program-4″. The report also underlines that Pyongyang would be “in the future output to low-Earth orbit satellites”.
At the same time, according to the Japanese government, some elements of the missile, dropped during the flight of the missile fell into the sea at those points, the coordinates of which are contained in the notice of the DPRK sent to the address of the International Telecommunication Union and the International maritime organization. So, it is noted that from the rocket at some point separated four parts, which fell into the Yellow Sea, 150 kilometers south of the Korean Peninsula, 250 kilometers south-west of the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean about 2 thousands km to the south of Japan. At the same time, “the remaining one part of continued flight towards the south”, aired agency Kyodo. On which part of the question, is not specified.
According to the secretary general of Japan’s Cabinet esihide Sugi, the government is currently gathering information on the implementation of the rocket launch, in particular, to verify the data that he was unsuccessful, and set about what exactly the type of missiles in question.
Meanwhile, as the correspondent of TASS in Seoul Stanislav Varivoda, at the alleged fall of the second stage of the rocket launched work South Korean and US military. “Experts from South Korea and the US are working together at the place where, allegedly, dropped the second stage of the North Korean missiles,” – said the representative of the Defense Ministry of South Korea
The sanctions until discuss
The situation on the Korean. peninsula escalated on Jan. 6, when Pyongyang announced the test vodorobnoy bomb. Tokyo, Seoul and Washington then proceeded to the active diplomatic work with the aim to achieve, according to the representatives of these countries, tough UN Security Council resolutions containing sanctions on the DPRK. However, China is understandably leery of overly stringent measures as they might, in Beijing believe that destabilize North Korea and potentially exacerbate the situation on the Korean peninsula.
Against this background, the Kyodo news agency reported that Japan, the United States and South Korea considering the introduction against Pyongyang financial sanctions outside the framework of Security Council resolution (UNSC) of the United Nations following the example of measures in force against Iran. They are, as noted, is meant severe restrictions for companies that sell to individuals and organizations of the DPRK related to its nuclear program. So they want to isolate from the market so-called “concerned countries”. Below them is meant for yourself, Japan, South Korea, the United States, as well as some of the country “Seven”, who they invite to their sanctions. At the same time, China – the main economic partner of Pyongyang and its only military ally, and thus the purpose of Japan’s sanctions, the US and South Korea could be numerous Chinese companies working with North Korea
According to the preliminary plan, the restrictive measures. “interested countries” should be taken in conjunction with the new resolution of the UN Security Council. However, as reported in its Sunday issue leading Japanese business newspaper “Nikkei”, the timing of the adoption of the resolution itself is quite vague. Perhaps it will be adopted no earlier than the end of March, the publication adds.
The situation in North Korea to discuss UN Security Council
Immediately after the launch of the Tokyo missiles, Seoul and Washington have requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
according to TASS correspondent Oleg Zelenin in the UN, according to preliminary information, the meeting is scheduled for 11:00 at the New York time (19:00 MSK). This is related to the embassy of Venezuela in the Security Council presidency.
On the eve of the meeting of the Government of Japan, as stated by the Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida country requested telephone conversations with representatives of all the member countries of the Security Council. “First of all, the Government stated (Pyongyang) protest. We then requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. In addition to this, Japan has requested telephone conversations with each of the countries concerned. These actions we have taken since made sure to conduct a missile launch by North Korea. currently we agree these phone calls, “- he said, without specifying the level at which they can be held
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