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South Korea has urged the United States to help dial down tensions with the North, after Pyongyang accused President Donald Trump of declaring war.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said in a speech in Washington yesterday that it is very likely that North Korea will conduct further provocations.
She added, it is imperative that South Korea and the US together manage the situation in order to prevent further escalation of tensions or any kind of accidental military clashes which can quickly go out of control.
“It is imperative that South Korea and the United States manage the crisis with North Korea to prevent further escalation or any kind of military clash which could quickly spiral out of control”, Kang Kyung Wha told an audience at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
“It is very likely that North Korea will conduct further provocations and under these circumstances it is imperative that we – Korea and the United States together – manage the situation with astuteness and steadfastness,” she said.
“There cannot be another war in the region; there cannot be another outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula,” she said. “The consequences would be devastating not just for the Korean peninsula but for north east Asia and indeed for the whole international community.”