adminsort we saw last night will only isolate them further, as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defense, and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats,” he told the US Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday. Obama said the DPRK would “only achieve security and prosperity by meeting their international obligations.”
The US president, who has placed non-proliferation high on his foreign policy agenda since he first took office in 2009, also pledged the U.S. would continue to lead efforts to prevent the “spread of the world’s most dangerous weapons.”
Obama’s pledge came after the DPRK said Tuesday it had successfully conducted a third nuclear test. DPRK’s official news agency, KCNA, said the test was part of the country’s “practical measures of counteraction” to defend its security and sovereignty against hostile U.S. policies that had violated the DPRK’s “rights to launch satellites for peaceful purposes.”
The test has aroused serious concern and drawn condemnation from around the world.
Earlier in the day, Obama condemned the nuclear test as “highly provocative,” while calling for “further swift and credible action” by the international community. The UN Security Council strongly condemned the DPRK test, saying it was “a grave violation” of its resolutions.
“The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this test, which is a grave violation of Security Council resolution 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009) and 2087 (2013).” – Xinhua.
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