ASEAN, Australia call on DPRK to abide by UNSC resolutions

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia have voiced their concerns about escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula.
ASEAN, Australia call on DPRK to abide by UNSC resolutions ảnh 1A meeting within of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit held in Sydney, Australia (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) and Australia have voiced their concerns about escalating tension inthe Korean Peninsula.

In a statement issued on March 18 within the framework at the ASEAN-AustraliaSpecial Summit, ASEAN and Australia leaders urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to immediately andfully comply with its obligations under all relevant resolutions of the United NationSecurity Council, adding that the country’s nuclear and ballistic missiledevelopment “threaten regional and global security”.

The two-day special summit opened in Sydney, Australia on March 17. On thesecond day of the summit, participants discussed security and economic issues,including most urgent security challenges in the region.

ASEAN and Australia set up relations in 1974. Australia was the first nationestablishing the official dialogue partnership with ASEAN in all three fieldsof politics, economics and specialised cooperation.

ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. - VNA
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