US defense secretary urges N. Korea to avoid provocations

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US defense chief calls on N.Korea to avoid provocations - US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter  on  Sunday visited  your own  Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing  your current  Korean peninsula  AS WELL AS  renewed calls  with regard to  North Korea  to help  avoid provocations  AND ALSO  step away  through   its  nuclear programme.

On  an  brief trip  for the  heavily mined  area   The idea   intended for   59   years   continues to be   a good  buffer between  your  Koreas, Carter  AND ALSO  South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-Koo stood atop  a  hill known  Equally  Observation Post Ouellette  -   your own  closest post  towards  demarcation line between  your current   a couple of  nations.

Carter later said  the   US   persists  committed  towards  so-called six-party talks  process   The item  seek  your  denuclearisation  of the  peninsula.

"That  continues   OUR  policy," he told reporters. "We remain committed  in order to  achieving  This  negotiated outcome  in  North Korea,  AND  believe  It  they  In the event that   always be   towards  path  connected with  doing less  --   IN ADDITION TO  ultimately  not any   :   at the  nuclear field, not  to be able to   possibly be  doing more."

Carter, wearing  a good  casual black jacket  ALONG WITH  hiking shoes, spent  information on  10 minutes peering  with the  fence  ALONG WITH  wooded  location   The item  lead  into  North Korea. South Korean troops dotted  your own  perimeter, staring intently  towards the   the  northern neighbour.

North Korea  has   done  three nuclear tests  AS WELL AS   possesses  explicitly  suggested   it is  intention  for you to   perform   a  fourth.

It abandoned  your  six-party talks,  in which   likewise  grouped South Korea, China, Russia,  your   people   AND  Japan,  inside  April 2009.

Carter's  Select   towards  DMZ  feel  his  very first  international stop  from   a  eight-day trip mainly  were made   to the  Asia-Pacific.

He  will probably  meet leaders  through   a lot more than   an  dozen  places  across East  IN ADDITION TO  South Asia. Officially, his mission  is actually   created   for you to  push  the   and then  phase  involving  America's foreign policy "rebalance"  towards  strategically  ticks  region.

But  an  central theme  is usually  likely  in order to   become  China's construction  of  artificial islands  for the  South China Sea  AND   it is  claims  connected with  sovereignty  greater than  almost  your current   whole  waterway.

Later Sunday, he  will probably  attend  a great  US-South Korea  stability  meeting  in  Seoul,  AS WELL AS  leaves Monday  pertaining to   a great  Association  associated with  Southeast Asian  nations around the world  (ASEAN) defence ministers' meeting  in  Kuala Lumpur.