UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Photo: AFP

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday expressed his concern about escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula and warned the crisis could “spiral out of control”. At a press conference in Andorra, Ban said the current situation has gone too far and called on all parties to calm down. He insisted that negotiation is the only way forward and promised his continued effort to prevent war. He called on Pyongyang to avoid “confrontation with the international community” after saying that “no country wants to attack North Korea over political or foreign policy disagreements “. Ban Ki-Moon pledged to support diplomat efforts to defuse tensions.