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U.S. continues to seek peaceful solution despite DPRK's recent missile launch: U.S. top diplomat

2017-08-28 09:00:51       source:Xinhuanet

August 28, 2017

 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that the United States will continue to seek a peaceful solution to the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue despite the recent missile launching by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

 

"The firing of any ballistic missile is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and we do view it as a provocative act, a provocative act against the United States and our allies," said Tillerson on Fox News.

 

"We are going to continue our peaceful pressure campaign as I have described that working with allies, working with China as well, to see if we can bring the regime in Pyongyang to the negotiating table," Tillerson added.

 

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