Source: TOI
SEOUL: Foreign diplomats in Pyongyang were considering a North Korean evacuation advisory Saturday as concerns grew that the isolated state was preparing a missile launch at a time of soaring nuclear tensions.
Bulgaria said the heads of EU missions would meet to hammer out a common position after Pyongyang warned embassies it could not guarantee their safety if a conflict broke out and that they should consider leaving.
Most of their governments made it clear they had no immediate plans to withdraw personnel, and some suggested the advisory was a ruse to fuel growing global anxiety over the current crisis on the Korean peninsula.
“We believe they have taken this step as part of their country’s rhetoric that the US poses a threat to them,” a British Foreign Office spokeswoman said in London.
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