The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, stressed the need for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons because this is, in the first place, in the interest of all Koreans, both north and south, but also the region and the whole world. During his speech yesterday on the first day of the Bled Strategic Forum, Mogherini said that the EU wants a complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. “This is what we are working on. The path taken by North Korea is dangerous, irresponsible and illegal. They play with fire and the flames could quickly spread throughout the region and the whole world ", added the European High Representative, according to whom to discourage tensions and achieve the goal of denuclearization it is necessary that the regional powers and the the entire international community to act with determination, diplomacy and unity. Over the weekend, I spoke with the foreign ministers of the Republic of Korea (Kang Kyung-wha) and Japan (Taro Kono), telling them that the European Union is ready to support new and tougher sanctions from the Security Council of Nations. United and to implement them immediately and completely as always ”, he added, remarking that being peaceful does not mean being weak and being strong does not mean moving in a military way because there is no military solution to these tensions. “Any attack could easily turn into a full-scale conflict. It would be useless and harmful. The consequences would be unpredictable, certainly dramatic for the people of the Korean peninsula, for the region and for the world. According to the High Representative, a denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula can only be achieved through strong economic and diplomatic pressure and peaceful means. And this is the position of the European Union, approved by all 28 Member States during the summer. This crisis is not just local or regional. It could be of interest to all of us and requires everyone's commitment ", said Mogherini, who underlined how the EU will continue to work with the actors involved, with the Republic of Korea, with Japan, with China, the Russian Federation, the United States, with the United Nations and regional organizations to make rationality, security and peace prevail. “We will hold our meeting of the foreign ministers of the 28 member states of the European Union in Tallinn (6-8 September, informal meeting of the foreign and defense ministers) and the question of North Korea will be at the center of our agenda.
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