India calls for addressing issue of proliferation of nuclear and missile tech linked to DPRK

By E2India On May 12, 2022 227 0

New Delhi, May 12 (Representative) India has said there is a pressing need to address the proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies related to North Korea in the region as these have an adverse impact on peace and security in the region, including on India. At the UNSC briefing on the DPRK’s latest missile launch, Madhu Sudan, Counsellor at India’s permanent mission in the UN, also said the missile launches by Pyongyang are a violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council. Madhu Sudan said India has noted the reports of a launch of yet another missile by the DPRK on May 7, which comes on the heels of the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile by the DPRK in March and other successive launches.
“These launches constitute a violation of the resolutions of the Security Council relating to the DPRK. They affect peace and security of the region and beyond. “We call for full implementation of the UNSC resolutions related to the DPRK,” he said. “India also believes that there is a pressing need to address the proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies related to DPRK in our region. These linkages have an adverse impact on peace and security in the region, including on India,” he outlined. He reiterated that India supports dialogue as the means to resolve the issues in the Korean Peninsula.

“We also reiterate our continued support to denuclearization towards peace and security in the Korean Peninsula.” He reminded that India has earlier urged a report of the Panel of Experts on the missile launches by DPRK in the context of the UNSC resolutions and added that India awaits such report soon. On May 7, North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, its second missile launch in three days after the US warned Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test. North Korea has conducted 15 weapons tests so far this year including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.