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UN chief urges DPRK to stop provocations

Xinhua, May 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to stop provocations and return to a path to observing international obligations.

Ban said at a keynote speech at the opening of a forum at South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju that he wanted to urge Pyongyang to end any more provocations and return to a direction of complying with international obligations.

If tensions escalate on the Korean peninsula, it will affect the regions beyond Northeast Asia, Ban said, noting that he wanted to make contributions in any way as a UN chief and an individual, according to local media reports.

Ban said friendly inter-Korean relations will play a very important part in maintaining peace forever in the entire region. Endit