"Now the war is closer". Heavy words those pronounced by the American ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, during the security council on North Korea. While a few minutes earlier, during a rally in Missouri, Donald Trump had returned to personally attack the dictator of Pyongyang, Kim Jong-Un, mocking him and describing him as a “sick little dog”.
“The little rocket man”, he repeated in front of his warm supporters. The silence of the American president after the umpteenth launch of a ballistic missile (that Seoul evaluates a new model of the Hwasong-15) by the North Korean regime therefore lasted a few hours. And once again his words risk fueling a war of offenses and insults that has been going on for months and which certainly does not favor the establishment of that diplomatic channel that Rex Tillerson and the heads of the State Department are trying with great difficulty to open.
Chinese Defense Ministry Expresses 'Deep Concern' for the latest ICBM launch by North Korea, but reiterates that "the military option is not an option", said spokesman Wu Qian, for whom the solution can only mature "through dialogue and consultations". China wants "peace and stability on the Korean peninsula".
Even Russia distances itself from Washington. US actions against North Korea are "intentionally provocative". That's what he said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, underlining that the path of sanctions "is now exhausted". "Washington's recent steps - said Lavrov - seem deliberately aimed at provoking Pyongyang and pushing it to harsh actions". “Now the Americans have declared that there will be massive, extraordinary military exercises in December; the impression is that everything was done on purpose to make Kim lose his temper and push him to new reckless action, ”he added.
