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No communication with N Korea is dangerous: UN chief

Reuters, United Nations

Fri Apr 28, 2017 08:25 PM Last update on: Fri Apr 28, 2017 09:47 PM

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) stands with US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley before a Security Council meeting on the situation in North Korea at the United Nations (UN) in New York, US, April 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council on Friday that he is alarmed by the risk of military escalation on the Korean Peninsula.

"The absence of communication channels with the DPRK (North Korea) is dangerous," he told the 15-member council. "We need to avoid miscalculation and misunderstanding. We need to act now to prevent conflict and achieve sustainable peace."