A terrifying warning about North Korean tensions

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are the world's most dangerous security issue, which must be resolved quickly and diplomatically to avoid war.

This is the warning of a senior United Nations (UN) official after he made a rare visit to Pyongyang.

CNN reported that UN Deputy Secretary General Jeffrey Feltman recently made a rare visit to North Korea. Photo: Express

CNN reported that the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, visited North Korea from Tuesday to Friday last week (December 5-8). This was the first trip by a senior UN official to this closed country in the past 6 years.

During his visit, Mr. Feltman met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho. According to a UN statement, the two sides "agreed that the current situation is the most dangerous and tense security and peace issue in the world today."

Deputy Secretary-General Feltman stressed the need to implement relevant Security Council resolutions, affirming that a diplomatic solution can be achieved through sincere dialogue, the statement added.

Speaking to journalists, Mr. Feltman warned of "the urgent need to prevent miscalculation and maintain open channels to minimize the risk of conflict." He urged the international community to pay attention to escalating tensions and commit to a peaceful solution.

North and South Korea are technically still at war because their 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

The UN deputy secretary-general arrived in North Korea amid a sensitive context, with large-scale military exercises between the US and South Korea taking place close to North Korea, and the Kim Jong-un regime having just test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile believed to have the range to reach anywhere in the US.

The visit follows a long-standing invitation from Pyongyang officials for policy dialogue, the UN said. The last senior UN official to visit North Korea was Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos in October 2011./.

According to Vietnamnet.vn