China And Russia Urge North Korea To Step Back From Missile Launch

[Purveyor]

Source: Irish Independent

BY MALCOLM MOORE – 10 APRIL 2013

North Korea's two closest allies, China and Russia, have put pressure on Pyongyang to step back from launching a missile, the South Korean Foreign minister has said.

Yun Byung-se told the South Korean parliament that there had been "close coordination" between Seoul, Beijing and Moscow on a diplomatic solution to the current tensions.

"Throughout close coordination with China and Russia, the Korean government has been continuing to make efforts to persuade North Korea to change its attitude," he said.

China, which is North Korea's last major ally, has warned twice in recent days that Pyongyang must dial back its rhetoric. Wang Yi, the Chinese Foreign minister, told Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, that China would not tolerate "troublemaking at the doorstep".

Read more: http://www.independent.ie/incoming/china-and-russia-urge-north-korea-to-step-back-from-missile-launch-29187829.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. Wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend...

We've publicly stepped back from OUR (totally unrelated) missile launch. We gave NK an "out", but they aren't taking it. I guess they're fueled up and ready to go.

[Swede Atlanta]

2. The problem is.............

they are not dealing with a rational, even Machiavellian leader.

Kim Jong Un is a spoiled and unpredictable child. I suspect he is concerned not only about the potential from challenges within the military hierarchy but also needing to keep the North Korean population humble in their misery.

So who knows what he will do. I am glad China and Russia are telling the punk to back off but that may just incite him to act because he is like a spoiled, impudent child of about age 5.

[Baclava]

3. he's crusin' for a brusin'