International Effort against North Korea

Shinzo Abe administration actively tries to put further pressure on Kim Jong-il regime of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. In an urgent meeting of United Nations Security Council, Japan requested immediate sanction against the North. Prime Minister Abe directly negotiated with the top leader of Russia to take measures against provocative North Korea. Nevertheless, Kim is reportedly preparing for another missile test, defying international requirement of stopping intimidation.

Having fundamental concern on a threat of being directly attacked, U.S. led the negotiation over new economic sanction against North Korea in U.N.S.C. “We must now adopt the strongest possible measures,” told U.S. Ambassador to U.N., Nikki Haley in the meeting. “His abusive use of missiles and nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. War is never something that United States wants. We don’t want it now. But, our country’s patience is not unlimited.

Japan joined the accusations on North Korea. “We cannot waste any more time,” told Japanese Ambassador, Koro Bessho. He requested another U.N.S.C. resolution with stronger sanctions. According to the source in U.N.S.C., oil, workers abroad and textile products can be the objects of new sanction. However, Chinese Ambassador, Liu Jieyi, requested resuming talks, while accusing North Korea strongly. Russian Ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, also urged all the related parties to resume talks.

Prime Minister Abe made a telephone conference with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, late at Sunday night. While it was unusual for a top leader to have an important talk on the telephone in foreign country to avoid wiretapping, Putin accepted the request from Japan for the talk when he was in Amoy, China. “We perfectly shared a notion that the provocation of North Korea was serious threat and I proposed him cooperation in U.N.S.C.,” told Abe to the reporters. A source in Japanese government revealed that the substance of the telephone talk was something to be heard by China even through wiretapping.

China and Russia is still reluctant to punish North Korea. According to Xinhua News Agency of China reported that Amoy Declaration in the leaders meeting of emerging countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, stressed peaceful measures to settle the problem of North Korea. It was a pressure toward U.S. that would not exclude military potion. Attributing to a possibility of confusion in the border with North Korea, China keeps soft attitude toward the North, defying international requirement of strong measures.