MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 12, 2013) – The Philippines on Tuesday condemned North Korea’s nuclear test, saying it violated the UN Security Council resolutions banning the communist country from any further nuclear tests.
“The Philippines condemns the nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea today. The nuclear test by the DPRK clearly violates UN Security Council Resolutions 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006) and 1874 (2009) which demanded that the DPRK not conduct any further nuclear tests,” a government statement said.
The Philippines joins its international partners in urging the DPRK to desist from continuing these acts of provocation and to abandon all nuclear weapons and programs in the interest of genuine confidence-building towards peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Asia Pacific Region.
“The Philippines deplores the series of acts of the DPRK that have violated these UN Security Council Resolutions,” it said.
The New York Times reported that North Korea confirmed the test and said it used a “miniaturized and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force than previously” and claimed that it “did not pose any negative impact on the surrounding ecological environment.”
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