Vancouver Meeting

“The Vancouver meeting on the Korean Peninsula released a clear message of cohesion and solidarity,” stated Minister Alfano. He went on: “The international community will continue to work to fully implement the resolutions unanimously adopted by the Security Council. North Korea must fulfil its obligations and get back into the course of international legality. The resumption of contacts between the North and the South could open new opportunities. The Vancouver meeting confirmed that the common goal remains a full, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Peninsula. Non-proliferation is a common good that must be resolutely pursued.” In Vancouver Italy illustrated the results obtained in the year that has just come to a close, both in the context of its Chairmanship of the G7 and at the lead of the UN Sanctions Committee. Minister Alfano added: “We will continue to contribute towards effectively implementing the sanctioning regime decided by the United Nations with a view to achieving the conditions for a diplomatic solution of the crisis.”