President of South Korea Yoon Seok Yeol. File photoSEUL, May 25.The President of South Korea ordered, in cooperation with the United States, to strengthen the defense and deterrence of the DPRK in response to missile launches by North Korea, and also called for the careful implementation of international sanctions against Pyongyang, Yonhap News Agency reports, citing the office of the South Korean President. The President attended a meeting of the National Security Council, which was urgently convened after the North Korean missile launches. The meeting of the National Security Council lasted 63 minutes from 7.35 (1.35 Moscow time). The President received a report on North Korean missile launches and the state of readiness of South Korean troops. «The President ordered practical measures to be taken to strengthen the joint defense position of South Korea and the United States, as well as the ability to implement extended deterrence (DPRK — ed.) According to the agreements between the leaders of South Korea and the United States. .. He also ordered to constantly maintain a state of readiness to ensure that there are no gaps in the security of the Republic of Korea,” the agency said. Those present at the meeting of the NSC “strongly” condemned the launches of North Korea as a serious Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, and threatens world peace. «The President ordered, on the basis of mutual assistance of South Korea and the United States, in cooperation with the countries involved and the international community, to carefully implement international sanctions against North Korea, including UN Security Council resolutions» , — with On the morning of May 25, the DPRK fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, all of them from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at about 6.00, 6.37 and 6.42 local time (0.00, 0.37 and 0.42 Moscow time). The first of the missiles is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile. This is the DPRK's 17th missile test since the beginning of the year, including launches of ICBMs, a ballistic missile for submarines, systems for a space satellite and a new tactical system for nuclear weapons.US condemns North Korean missile launches
