PH supports S. Korea’s bid to denuclearize peninsula

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (C) speaks during a trilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit during the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh on November 13, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

PHNOM PENH—Calling North Korea’s series of missile testing a “great concern,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has committed to back South Korea’s efforts for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Mr. Marcos made the remarks during his bilateral meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday on the sidelines of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summits here in Phnom Penh.

Earlier this month, North Korea launched a short range ballistic missile that landed in the East Sea, or the Sea of Japan.

“This is of great concern and we are fully supportive of the Republic of Korea in all your efforts to denuclearize North Korea,” the President told the South Korean state leader.

Mr. Marcos added: “The Philippines is one with you on that and we will do what we can to assist South Korea in that effort.”

On Friday, the President called on North Korea to comply with the United Nations’ Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea, many of which were adopted in relation to its missile and nuclear program.

“The Philippines reiterates its grave concerns over the series of missile launches conducted this year,” the President said. INQ

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