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Pyongyang authorities have advised foreign officials to abandon the capital after the deployment of missiles on the east coast

North Korea warned foreign embassies in Pyongyang can not guarantee their security against the threat of conflict after April 10 and advised to consider pulling its staff out of the capital.

The message diplomats came as tensions in the region continued to grow despite international efforts to defuse the situation.

South Korean agency Yonhap News military sources quoted as saying Seoul Musudan two missiles on mobile launchers had been placed on the east coast of North Korea. The missiles are believed to have a range of at least 1875 miles. This would cover South Korea and Japan and perhaps the U.S. territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.

South Korea responded to the activity of two battleships deploying missiles capable of intercepting and destroying ballistic missiles. The United States already moved interceptor missiles and warships in the region to defend against a possible attack.

In Washington, officials tried to calm nerves shaken by days of bellicose rhetoric, saying that the feeling in the White House and the Pentagon was that any threat to the United States or its allies was not imminent.

The Foreign Office in London rejected the warning the embassy as an attempt by the North to create the impression that he was in imminent danger of a U.S. attack, adding that he intention to evacuate staff. "The British Embassy in Pyongyang has received a communication from the Government of North Korea this morning, saying that the North Korean government would be unable to ensure the security of embassies and international organizations in the country in case of conflict between the April 10 "said.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "The DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] has responsibilities under the Vienna Convention to protect diplomatic missions, and we have taken this action in As part of their ongoing rhetoric that the United States is a threat to them. 're consider next steps, including a change in our journey. "

A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said North Korea had "suggested that the Russian side considers the evacuation of workers in the situation more tense."

Denis Samsonov said that Russia does not intend to evacuate at this time because there were no outward signs of tension in the North Korean capital.

South Korea speculated that the North may be preparing to test fire two missiles. There are doubts about the accuracy and scope of Musudan, and some long-range missiles suspected Pyongyang revealed by a parade last year were models.

Kim Kwan-jin, said Thursday that Pyongyang had moved a missile reaching with its east coast, but insisted that there was no sign that North Korea is preparing for a large-scale conflict. He said he did not know why the North had moved missiles, but suggested that "perhaps for tests or exercises."

movements tit-for-tat reinforce fears of a downward spiral. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department in response to suggestions that he had not helped the situation by insisting that he had no choice but to react this way.

"When you have a country that does this kind of bellicose statements and take the kind of action they must take it seriously and we must take steps to defend the United States and its allies, "said the spokeswoman Victoria Nuland." the ratchet tension in the DPRK was the cause of us strut our defensive posture. "

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