On Saturday 26 August, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) again condemned North Korea's launch the same day of three short-range ballistic missiles, calling for a halt to all launches.
Stating that "such actions violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions and seriously undermine regional peace and stability", the spokesperson called on North Korea to "halt all launches using ballistic missile technology and abandon its ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, as required by the UN Security Council". "There is an urgent need for a de-escalation of tensions on the situation on the Korean Peninsula", the spokesperson added.
The EEAS spokesperson again stated that the EU expects Pyongyang to refrain from further provocations and to "immediately re-engage in a credible and meaningful dialogue with the international community aimed at pursuing (...) complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation through peaceful means". "The European Union supports such a process in consultation with key partners", the spokesperson added. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)