In response, Tokyo, supported by Washington and Seoul, denounced “a thoughtless act which aggravates the provocations” of Pyongyang against the international community.
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North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Thursday, June 15, which ended up in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the parliamentary secretary to the Japanese defense minister announced to reporters. Although North Korea regularly fires missiles in the region, it has been several months since North Korean missiles fell in Japan’s EEZ, which extends up to 200 nautical miles (370 km). ), between Japanese territorial waters and international waters.
The Japanese Prime Minister clarified to the press that these shots had not caused any damage. Nevertheless, he added that Tokyo had “strongly protested” with North Korea and denounced “a thoughtless act that aggravates provocations” of Pyongyang against the international community.
Shootings that “violate many resolutions” of the UN
In an unusual joint statement, released by Washington on the occasion of a meeting in Japan between the national security advisers of the three countries, the United States, Japan and South Korea estimated that these shootings “Clearly violate numerous UN Security Council resolutions.”
In Seoul, the joint staff explained that it had detected the shooting of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunan area to the East Sea between 7:25 p.m. and 7:37 p.m.” (12:25 p.m. and 12:37 p.m. Paris time). “We have reinforced surveillance in the event of further provocations and remain ready in close coordination with the United States”, he said again. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest levels in years, with diplomacy at a standstill and the head of the North Korean regime, Kim Jong-un, proclaiming that his country is in a “irreversible” a nuclear power.