Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The United Nations Secretary General has described yesterday’s events as one of the gravest incidents on the peninsula since the end of the Korean War. Australia, through Foreign Minister Rudd, is in close consultation with our South Korean, Japanese and United States partners. The Republic of Korea, the United States, Japan and the European Union have all condemned the attack. We are urging China and others in the region and beyond to use their influence on North Korea to cease its acts of provocation. Australia’s view is that all nations must stand in condemnation of North Korea’s aggression and urge it to stop these hostile acts.