“North Korea’s reckless behavior calls for a swift and united response from the international community, including significant new steps by the United Nations Security Council,” the foreign ministers of the United States, Germany, Canada, France, Italy said in a statement. Japanese and English.
Together with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, the ministers criticized the “sharp contrast between the frequency of repeated and flagrant violations” of UN Security Council resolutions by North Korea and the Council’s “appropriate inaction” due to “obstruction” of some of its members.
This latest North Korean launch, they added, “undermines regional and international peace and security”.
Pyongyang’s new test this morning came after North Korea on Thursday launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile.
The G7 representative stressed that since last year there has been a record number of ballistic missile launches and tensions have escalated “with irresponsible and destabilizing rhetoric about the use of nuclear weapons”.
In early 2023, according to the G7, the country publicly stated its intention to continue to expand and upgrade its “illegal nuclear and missile programmes.”
“We reiterate our demand for complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment of its nuclear weapons, existing nuclear programs and other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs,” they said.
EO // JPS
By Impala News / The day after tomorrow
Follow Impala on Instagram
“Geek zombie. Subtly charming social media scholar. Beer enthusiast. Lifelong bacon pioneer.”
