聯合國祕書長潘基文敦促朝鮮半島南北雙方緩和緊張局勢
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged North and South Korea to ease tensions on the peninsula.
Mr. Ban's comments came during a meeting Monday with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan in Seoul.
Cross-border relations have worsened in recent months. The North has threatened what it calls a "sacred war" against the South's conservative government for alleged insults to, and plots against, its government.
Pyongyang is also struggling with the devastation of floods that killed at least 169 people, left hundreds missing and washed away or inundated more than 65 thousand hectares of cropland. Mr. Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, said the United Nations was committed to continue its emergency aid to the North.
The world body and other international organizations are providing emergency items, such as tents. But North Korean officials say they are not reaching people in some flooded areas because access to roads and railways has not been restored.聯合國祕書長潘基文敦促朝鮮半島南北雙方緩和半島的緊張局勢。
潘基文星期一在首爾會晤韓國外交通商部長官金星煥時做出上述評論。
最近幾個月來，朝鮮半島局勢惡化。朝鮮威脅要對韓國保守派政府發動一場它所稱的“神聖戰爭”，因爲朝鮮指責韓國保守派政府誣衊並陰謀推翻朝鮮政府。
平壤正在設法應對水災帶來的巨大破壞，水災已經導致至少169人喪生，數以百計的人失蹤和被大水沖走，並淹沒了6萬5千多公頃的農田。潘基文曾經擔任過韓國外交通商部長官。他說，聯合國承諾將繼續向朝鮮提供緊急救援。
聯合國和其他國際組織向朝鮮提供帳篷等緊急物資，但是朝鮮官員表示，這些物資難以送達某些水災地區，因爲通往那裏的公路和鐵路還沒有修復。
