The U.S. State Department has condemned the «reckless» launches carried out by North Korea in recent hours, which flew over the maritime demarcation line between the two Koreas for the first time since the war.
A spokesman has rejected the launching of more than twenty missiles into South Korean waters, which has set off alarm bells in Seoul, which has had to activate anti-aircraft sirens on one of its islands.
He told the Yonhap news agency that the act was a «violation» of existing agreements and «threatens stability and peace in the region». «The United States continues to try to establish a sincere and consistent dialogue with North Korea, which refuses to compromise,» he said.
In this regard, he asserted that the United States «continues to work with its allies to limit Pyongyang’s development of illegal weapons» and to curb «security threats» on the Korean Peninsula.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which oversees U.S. military deployments in the area, said in a statement that «consultations have been initiated with allies».
