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N Korea Moves Intercontinental Ballistic Missile towards West: Report

Tuesday 5 September 2017
N Korea Moves Intercontinental Ballistic Missile towards West: Report

Alwaght- North Korea is reportedly moving a rocket that appears to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards its west coast, Reuters reported.

South Korea’s Asia Business Daily, citing an unidentified source, reported the rocket started moving on Monday and was spotted moving only at night to avoid surveillance.

South Korea’s defense ministry, which warned on Monday that North Korea was ready to launch an ICBM at any time, said it was not able to confirm the report.

Analysts and South Korean policymakers believe North Korea may test another weapon on or around 9 september, when it celebrates its founding day.

North Korea’s fifth nuclear test fell on that date last year, reflecting its tendency to conduct weapons tests on significant dates.

North Korea blames the US for escalating tensions in the region through its provocative military drills. Pyongyang insists that it is developing nuclear weapons to deal with growing threats posed by the US.

North Korean Neighbors are also angry at Washington's provocative policy towards Korean peninsula's case.

Xinhua, China’s official news agency, in a commentary published on 4 September said, "Washington's belligerent tone and military exercises on DPRK's doorstep ate into Pyongyang's sense of security".

The news agency said "the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue is in essence a security issue," making it clear to the US it will not be bullied into action it does not want to take.

"If things get out of control, China and South Korea, Pyongyang's two neighbors, will be the ones to suffer most, not America that is tens of thousands of miles away".

The Chinese news agency also suggested that South Koreas, US close ally, is against Washington's provocations, citing the nations president Moon Jae-in as saying, "Korea is a country that experienced a fratricidal war ... The destruction of war should not be repeated in this land".

Russian President Vladimir Putin has also warned over rising Korean Peninsula tensions saying the region is on the brink of war.

"The situation on the Korean Peninsula, where tensions have grown recently, is balancing on the brink of a large-scale conflict. Russia believes that the policy of putting pressure on Pyongyang to stop its nuclear missile program is misguided and futile,” Putin, who is due to attend a summit of the BRICS nations in China next week, wrote ahead of his trip.

"The region’s problems should only be settled through a direct dialogue of all the parties concerned without any preconditions. Provocations, pressure and militarist and insulting rhetoric are a dead-end road,” he noted.

Russia and China have created a roadmap for a settlement on the Korean Peninsula that is designed to promote the gradual easing of tensions and the creation of a mechanism for lasting peace and security, Putin added.

 

    

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