UN General Assembly
2017

Mongolia is deeply concerned about the escalating tension in North-East Asia. We strongly oppose the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s destabilization of regional security by conducting repeated nuclear tests and launching ballistic missiles in defiance of the international community’s will and in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions. As a country that has had nuclear-weapon-free-zone status for the past 25 years, Mongolia reiterates its principled position that the Korean peninsula should be free of nuclear weapons, and we urge the parties concerned to refrain from any action that could heighten tensions in North-East Asia and to work to resolve the issue through peaceful means. In our view, the only way to do so is through dialogue. One possible avenue for that could be the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asian Security, which we initiated in 2013. We held its fourth International Conference in Ulaanbaatar in June. The Dialogue discusses not only security issues in North- East Asia but also potential energy and environmental projects, and as such is an open mechanism that can embrace the participation of every country in North- East Asia.