02 September, 2017
The situation, Le Drian said, is "extremely serious".
PARIS France's foreign minister warned on Friday that North Korea could have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the United States and even Europe "within months". In a few months that will be a reality. Meanwhile, Washington's ban on U.S. citizens travelling to North Korea came into force on Friday. It must be diplomatically active'.
"Spain has condemned nuclear tests and launches of ballistic missiles by North Korea in violation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions".
Putin warned that the region was "on the brink of a major conflict".
In a statement, Macron expressed "concern at the ballistic and nuclear threat coming from North Korea", saying the global community had to try to get Pyongyang to "resume the path of dialogue without conditions". The most recent test was conducted on Tuesday, when North Korea launched an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, which flew over Japan before falling into the Pacific Ocean 733 miles east of Japan's northern island Hokkaido.
The communist country also threatened in early August that it would fire on the US -held pacific territory of Guam.
USA heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters took part in a joint live-fire drill in South Korea on Thursday, intended as a show of force against the North.
He echoed comments by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who in a Wednesday telephone call with his USA counterpart Rex Tillerson 'underscored. the need to refrain from any military steps that could have unpredictable consequences'.
However, China and Russian Federation have both urged calm from all sides and suggested that USA military drills in the region may be provoking North Korea.
