Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday condemned a hydrogen bomb test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying the test was a "significant threat," according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
Japan has held its national security council meeting immediately after a 5.1-magnitude quake was detected at around 10:30 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) in the northeastern part of the DPRK.
The DPRK's official media said an hour later that the country has successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. The DPRK had conducted three nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013.
"The hydrogen bomb test is a significant threat to Japan's national security and is unacceptable," the prime minister told reporters, adding Japan will consider sanctions against the DPRK as its nuclear test violates UN Security Council's relevant resolutions.
Japan lifted part of its own sanctions against the DPRK since the two countries reached an agreement that Pyongyang agreed to reinvestigate the whereabouts of Japanese nationals it allegedly abducted some four decades ago.
Abe also said Japan will work with the United States, South Korea, China and Russia to cope with the issue.
Meanwhile, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will hold talks with US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy over the nuclear test.
Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
6/1/16
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Japan has held its national security council meeting immediately after a 5.1-magnitude quake was detected at around 10:30 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) in the northeastern part of the DPRK.
The DPRK's official media said an hour later that the country has successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. The DPRK had conducted three nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013.
"The hydrogen bomb test is a significant threat to Japan's national security and is unacceptable," the prime minister told reporters, adding Japan will consider sanctions against the DPRK as its nuclear test violates UN Security Council's relevant resolutions.
Japan lifted part of its own sanctions against the DPRK since the two countries reached an agreement that Pyongyang agreed to reinvestigate the whereabouts of Japanese nationals it allegedly abducted some four decades ago.
Abe also said Japan will work with the United States, South Korea, China and Russia to cope with the issue.
Meanwhile, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will hold talks with US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy over the nuclear test.
Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
6/1/16
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Moskau verurteilt Pjöngjangs Waffentest: Eindeutige Verletzung des Völkerrechts...
ReplyDeleteRussland verurteilt laut seinem Vertreter bei internationalen Organisationen in Wien, Wladimir Woronkow, den jüngsten Bombentest Nordkoreas.
"Russland verurteilt diese Tests, das ist eine eindeutige Verletzung des internationalen Rechts", so Woronkow. Dabei verwies er darauf, dass am Mittwoch von der Vorbereitungskommission der Organisation des Kernwaffenstopp-Vertrags seismische Anomalien in Nordkorea fixiert worden seien.
"Es besteht eine große Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass tatsächlich eine Explosion stattfand, aber zurzeit ist noch unklar, was für eine Explosion das war – eine nukleare oder eine thermonukleare Explosion. Auch der Typ der Bombe ist unbekannt, ob es eine Wasserstoffbombe war oder eine gewöhnliche Atombombe", sagte der Diplomat.
Zudem erwähnte er, dass um 11 Uhr MEZ in Wien ein geschlossenes technisches Treffen der Organisation des Kernwaffenstopp-Vertrags geplant sei, wo Einzelheiten des Ereignisses bekannt werden. Außerdem werde der Uno-Sicherheitsrat bald zusammentreffen, um politische Folgen nach Pjöngjangs Waffentest zu erörtern.
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