U.S. and China to create a hotline on Korean peninsula situation

Almaty. December 26. Silkroadnews - The United States and China are planning to create a hotline on the situation on the Korean peninsula, the Kazakh Telegraph Agency (KazTAG) reports with reference to the newspaper Izvestia.
The hotline to share information on the situation around the Korean peninsula was agreed to be set by the United States and China, the South Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily reported on Tuesday.
It is specified, both states’ defense structures will support communication to share intelligence data on the DPRK.
To remind, on November 29, North Korea launched another ballistic missile toward Japan. The authorities of South Korea were the first who reported on the missile tests launch, further affirmed by Japan and the United States. The tests were condemned by the UN. The Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan also condemned Pyongyang’s actions.
On December 4, the United States and Republic of Korea launched the large-scale joint aerial drills, the biggest in the history of two states’ military alliance. During the maneuvers, the allies worked out various scenarios, including high-precision strikes for educational purposes. These are the copies of North Korean facilities associated with the DPRK nuclear missile program, as well as models of mobile missile launchers. On December 7, the North Korea commented on the drills saying the U.S. military maneuvers make the war in the region inevitable. On December 11 joint exercises were launched by three nations with Japan joining the United States and South Korea.
On December 13, Jeffrey Feltman, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on results of his working visit in the DPRK, said North Korea expressed its readiness to take part to prevent war on the Korean peninsula.
On December 16 it became known that Pyongyang’s official representative for the first time spoke in the UN Security Council on the situation on the Korean peninsula. North Korea’s Permanent Representative to the UN Cha Son Nam noted that North Korea will continue to develop nuclear weapons, but assured that his country acts for defensive purposes and is committed to the principles of peace.