North Korea’s missiles are an ‘imminent threat’ and talking to Kim Jong-un is ‘meaningless’ warns Japan
Japan’s parliament has adopted a resolution to protest against the North’s ICBMs
North Korea fired a missile into the sea inside Japan’s economic zone last week
The launch showed Pyongyang was determined to continue its missile programs
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said talking to the North was meaningless
But he vowed to put pressure on the reclusive state until gives up its technology
KELLY MCLAUGHLIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
4 December 2017
North Korea’s missile tests are an ‘imminent threat’ to Japan, the Japanese parliament declared on Monday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said talking to the reclusive state was meaningless.
The upper house unanimously adopted a resolution protesting against the North’s firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile that dropped into the sea inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone last week.
The launch showed Pyongyang was determined to continue its nuclear and missile programs and constituted ‘an unprecedented, significant and imminent threat against the safety of the region, including Japan’.
‘This is a frontal challenge against the international community that must not be tolerated,’ added the resolution.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are high after last Wednesday’s missile launch.
On Monday the United States and South Korea began their largest-ever joint air exercise, described by Pyongyang as an ‘all-out provocation’.
China and Russia had proposed that the United States and South Korea stop major military exercises in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programs. Beijing formally calls the idea the “dual suspension” proposal.
The annual US-South Korean drill, called Vigilant Ace, will run until Friday, with six F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to be deployed among the more than 230 aircraft taking part.
Abe vowed to put pressure on North Korea until it changes its ways and gives up its missile and nuclear technology in a ‘verifiable’ and ‘irreversible’ fashion.
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