ARF calls on North Korea to abide by UNSC resolutions
(VOVWORLD) -Members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) have urged North Korea to immediately and fully comply with UN Security Council resolutions.
 Norht Korean leader Kim Jong-un directs intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a secret place (photo: Yonhap/ VNA) |
A chairman's statement issued on Tuesday after the meeting in Manila, Philippines, expressed grave concern about the situation surrounding North Korea. They supported a full and irreversible nuclear disarmament and a verifiable mechanism in the Korean peninsula. Diplomats backed South Korea’s proposal for talks with the North to seek for peaceful solutions.