WASHINGTON — The United States called on North Korea on June 11 to end all “provocative” statements after the communist state lashed out at neighboring South Korea as it denied planning a nuclear test.
After weeks of speculation that North Korea was planning a third nuclear test, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said June 9 that Pyongyang had no such plans “at present,” but accused South Korea of trying to force the regime to do so.
“We’ll judge them by their actions, rather than their words,” U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland told reporters here.
“It’s a good thing, obviously, that they are saying better things, but we continue to call on them to fulfill their international obligations to refrain from any provocative activity, including provocative rhetoric with regard to their neighbors,” she said.
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