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By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said a "major, major conflict" with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while China said the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of control. Trump, speaking to Reuters on Thursday, said he wanted to resolve the crisis peacefully, possibly through the use of new economic sanctions, although a military option was not off the table. "There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea," Trump said in an interview at the Oval Office. "We'd love to solve things diplomatically but it's very difficult," he said, describing North Korea as his biggest global challenge. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said there was a danger that the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of control, his ministry said. Wang made the comments in a meeting at the United Nations with a Russian diplomat on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement. China, the only major ally of North Korea, has been increasingly uncomfortable in recent months about its neighbor's pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles in violation on U.N. resolutions. The United States has called on China to do more to rein in Pyongyang and Trump lavished praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping for his efforts, calling him "a good man". "I believe he is trying very hard. I know he would like to be able to do something. Perhaps it's possible that he can't. But I think he'd like to be able to do something," Trump said. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that China had asked North Korea not to conduct any more nuclear tests. Beijing had warned Pyongyang it would impose unilateral sanctions if it went ahead, he added. "We were told by the Chinese that they informed the regime that if they did conduct further nuclear tests, China would be taking sanctions actions on their own," Tillerson said on Fox News, without specifying what sanctions he was referring to. Tillerson did not say when China made the threat and there was no immediate confirmation from Beijing. He is due to chair a meeting with U. N Security Council foreign ministers on Friday, where he said he would stress the need for members to fully implement existing sanctions as well as possible next steps. China banned imports of North Korean coal in February, cutting off its most important export, and Chinese media this month raised the possibility of restricting oil shipments to the North if it unleashed more provocations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, asked on whether Friday's UN meeting should discuss new sanctions, told a regular press briefing in Beijing the issue was complex and tense and dialogue was the way forward. "If the meeting only focuses on increasing sanctions and pressure, I think this will not only lose a rare opportunity, it may also exacerbate the confrontation between all sides and may damage efforts to promote peace and talks," he said. MISSILE DEFENSE, CARRIER GROUP In a show of force, the United States is sending the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group to waters off the Korean peninsula, where it will join the USS Michigan, a nuclear submarine that docked in South Korea on Tuesday. South Korea's navy has said it will hold drills with the U.S. strike group. Admiral Harry Harris, the top U.S. commander in the Pacific, said on Wednesday the carrier was in the Philippine Sea, within two hours' striking distance of North Korea if needs be. Harris also said a U.S. missile defense system being deployed in South Korea to ward off any North Korean attack would be operational in coming days. China has been angered by the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), complaining that its radar can see deep into China and undermines its security. Trump said in the interview he wants South Korea to pay the cost of the THAAD, which he estimated at $1 billion. South Korea, one of Washington's most crucial allies in the region, said the United States would have to bear the cost, pointing to possible friction ahead. Trump's remarks came as South Korea heads into a presidential poll that will likely elect liberal frontrunner Moon Jae-in, who has said the next administration in Seoul should have the final say on THAAD. Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from being able to hit the United States with a nuclear missile, a capability experts say Pyongyang could have some time after 2020. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests and numerous missile tests, including one this month, a day before a summit between Trump and Xi in Florida. North Korea, technically still at war with the South after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a treaty, regularly threatens to destroy the United States and says it will pursue its nuclear and missile programs to counter perceived U.S. aggression. "Trump is recklessly resorting to the hackneyed methods, being utterly ignorant of the DPRK," the North's KCNA state news agency said on Friday, citing a commentary from the Rodong Sinmun newspaper and referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "Unshakable is the faith and will of the army and people of the DPRK to build a socialist power ... and no force can check their advance." Trump, asked if he considered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be rational, said he was operating from the assumption that he is rational. He noted that Kim had taken over his country at an early age. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on North Korea and other countries on Thursday to avoid behavior or rhetoric that could increase tension. Foreign ministers of the Association of South East Asian Nations, meeting in the Philippines, called for dialogue and urged "all parties concerned" to exercise self-restraint. (Reuters) (Additional reporting by Phil Stewart, Matt Spetalnick, Eric Beech and Patricia Zengerle in Washington, Denis Pinchuk and Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow, Ben Blanchard and Vincent Lee in Beijing, Manuel Mogato in Manila and Ju-min Park in Seoul; Writing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Nick Macfie; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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Državni tajnik SAD-a Rex Tillerson zatražio je od međunarodne zajednice u petak na sjednici Vijeća sigurnosti UN-a da drastično poveća pritisak na Sjevernu Koreju. Tillerson je istakao kako sve opcije, pa i vojna akcija na moguće buduće provokacije Sjeverne Koreje, moraju ostati na stolu. Ako se problem Sjeverne Koreje ne uspije riješiti diplomatskim putem i pregovorima, posljedice bi mogle biti katastrofalne, upozorio je Tillerson. Pozvao je sve države da u potpunosti provode postojeće sankcije protiv Sjeverne Koreje, da smanje ili sasvim prekinu diplomatske odnose s Pjongjanogom te zaoštre financijsku izolaciju i blokadu te zemlje. Posebno je upozorio sve one koji pomažu razvoj svjevernokorejskog nuklearnog programa te proizvodnju balističkih raketa da će se suočiti s ozbiljnim posljedicama. Istakao je također da SAD neće oklijevati sankcionirati države, tvrtke ili pojedince koji podupiru ilegalne aktivnosti Pjongjanga te je ponovio kako je razdoblje američkog strateškog strpljenja završilo. Tillerson je kazao kako SAD daju prednost pregovorima i traženju mirnog rješenja, da nisu zainteresirane za promjenu režima ili destabilizaciju regije, ali da će učiniti sve kako bi obranili svoje saveznike od moguće sjevernokorejske agresije. Kineski zahtjevi Tillerson je dan ranije izjavio kako je Trumpova administracija spremna sudjelovati u razgovorima s Pyongyangom, ali da je odlučna poduzeti vojnu akciju ako se diplomatskim putem Sjeverna Koreja ne uvjeri da zaustavi svoj program razvoja nuklearnog oružja. Uoči sastanka Vijeća sigurnosti, kineski ministar vanjskih poslova Wang Yi ponovio je kako se Pekinga zlaže da Sjeverna Koreja zaustavi rad na nuklearnom programu te odustane od daljnjeg razvoja balističkih pojektila. U zamjenu za eventalnu kooperativnost, Pjongjang se mora nagraditi obustavom vojne suradnje te održavanja zajedničkih manevara SAD-a i Južne Koreje. I, dakako, promptnim povlačenjem raketnog sustava THAAD iz Južne Koreje. Upozoravajuća Trumpva poruka J. Koreji Američki predsjednik Donald Trump intervjuom, koji je u četvrtak dao agenciji Reuters, dodatno je uznemirio ionako već potpuno traumatizirane građane Korejskog poluotoka. Među ostalim, najavio je mogućnost da sadašnji spor SAD-a sa Sjevernom Korejom završi u “velikom, velikom sukobu”. Iako je dometnuo da traži diplomatsko rješenje, Trump je kazao kako je veliki sukob apsolutno moguć ako Sjeverna Koreja pokuša izvršiti još jedno testiranje atomske bombe. Odmah potom poslao je upozoravajuću poruku i Južnoj Koreji. Izjavio je kako je Seul dužan platiti milijardu dolara za korištenje Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), američkog naprednog sustava proturaketne obrane koji se upravo postavlja u toj zemlji i koji bi je trebao zaštiti od raketnog napada sa Sjevera. Pentagon je svojedobno objavio da je THAAD sustav kopnene proturaketne obrane s najsavršenijim radarskim sistemom koji je sposoban otkriti projektil u najranijoj fazi leta te potom na njega navesti svoju raketu. Projekt je koštao 4 milijarde dolara Taj protubalistički sustav osposobljen je za rušenje projektila u završnoj fazi leta, kad se obrušava prema cilju. Cijeli projekt, od faze projektiranja do konačne realizacije, stajao je više od 4 milijarde dolara. THAAD-ove rakete duge su 6,17 metara, teške 900 kilograma, imaju domet od 200 kilometara te lete brzinom od 2,8 kilometara u sekundi. Neprijateljsku raketu uništava tako da se izravno zabija u nju i uništava ju prije nego li se aktivira atomska bojeva glava. Jedna lansirna rampa THAAD-a, zajedno s pratećim radarom, smještena na specijalno dizajniranom kamionu, stoji oko 750 milijuna dolara. Procjenjuje se da je do sada izgrađeno 24 lansiranih sustava. SAD do sada taj sistem dale niti najbližim saveznicima. Peking se najenergičnije suprostavlja instaliranju tog sustava u Južnoj Koreji jer on raspolaže radarom koji može kontolirati sve pokrete trupa i naoružanja u cijelom priobalju Kine. Građani danima prosvjeduju Nisu svi odušeljeni vatrenom moći THAAD sustava. Već danima više od 8.000 policajaca cijele noći štiti transport novog raketnog sistema od ogorčenih stanovnika grada Seongjua iz pokrajine North Gyeongsang. Oni ni pod koju cijenu ne žele da u njihovoj blizini bude instalirano oružje koji bi u slučaju rata postalo prva meta sjevernokorejske artiljerije i raketa. U sukobima policije s oko 2.500 prosvjednika do sada je najmanje 12 demonstranata prevezeno u bolnice gdje im je pružena pomoć zbog slomljenih ruku ili nogu. Demonstranti tvrde da je implementacijom THAAD sustava ugroženo njihovo pravo na “sreću, zdrav, miran i ekološki siguran život”. Plaćanje sustava kojim upravlja SAD “Najbolji dokaz očaja i nezakonitog ponašanja naše vlade je to što rakete moraju transportirati noću. Uvođenje THAAD raketa uopće nije odobreno od strane stanovnika, niti je o tome postignut konsenzus u parlamentu. Cijeli proces je bio totalno nepoštivanje demokratskih načela. Ne želimo biti žrtve daljnje eskalacije napetosti na korejskom poluotoku. Tražimo trenutno povlačenje raketnog sustava i ispriku od vlade zbog ugrožavanja naših života”, poručuju prosvjednici. Javnost žestoko kritizira privremenog predsjednika i premijera Hwang Kyo-ahna i ministra obrane Han Min-kooa koje optužuje da se bez potrebe ubrzali proces instalitranja THAAD-a. Istodobno glavni kandidat za novog predsjednika Južne Koreje Moon Jae-in izjavio je kako plaćanje THAAD-a ne dolazi u obzir. “Tim sustavom, čak i da platimo, upravljala bi američka vojska. Zbog toga kupnja THAAD-a nije moguća opcija”. ‘Mlad je, no nadam se da je racionalan’ Inače, predsjednik Trump pohvalio je u intervjuu kineskog predsjednika Xi Jinpinga zbog njegovih nastojanja da Sjeverna Koreja obustavi daljni razvoj nuklearnog oružja. “Xi Jingping se jako trudi, on ne želi vidjeti rat i smrt. On je dobar čovjek. Vrlo je dobar čovjek i dobro ga poznajem”, rekao je. Za sjevernokorejskog dikatatora Kim Jong-una kazao je pak kako je imao samo 28 godina kad je nakon smrti oca preuzeo režim. S obzirom na njegovu životnu dob, kazao je Trump, s njim nije lako, ali nadam se da je racionalan. Tako se nastavlja Trumpova politika prijetnji i nuđenja diplomatskog rješenja krize oko Sjeverne Koreje. Trumpove diplomatske napore istodobno prate upozoravajuće zajedničke vojne vježbe SAD-a i Južne Koreje u Pocheonu, sjeveroistočno od Seula. Na tim manevrima prvi put su prikazana i neka potpuno nova oružja. Istodobno, atomska podmornica Michigan, naoružana s Tomahawk krstarećim raketama, stigla je u južnokorejski lučki grad Busan. Osim toga uskoro će u blizinu korejskog poluotoka uploviti i dugo najavljivani konvoj američke mornarice na čelu s atomskim nosačem zrakoplova Carl Vinson.