ASEAN urges DPRK to comply with UN resolutions after rocket launch

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has "strongly" called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to comply with all the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

"ASEAN follows closely the situation in the Korean Peninsula and shares common concern of the international community over the recent developments in the said region," said a statement dated Feb. 10 on the association's website.

"ASEAN strongly urges the DPRK to comply with all the relevant UNSC resolutions," the statement said.

The statement added that ASEAN reaffirms its support for the early resumption of the six-party Talks, and to bring about the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through peaceful means.

The six-party talks were launched in 2003, but stalled in December 2008. The DPRK quit the talks in April 2009. The talks involve China, the DPRK, South Korea, the United States, Russia and Japan.

The DPRK state news agency reported on Feb. 7 that a Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite was successfully launched in DPRK's space center. The launch was widely seen as a disguised test of long-range ballistic missile technology. Endit

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