United Nations: North Korea should refrain from further provocative actions.
The UN Secretary General criticized North Korea’s ballistic missile launch and asked Pyongyang to refrain from any further provocative actions.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launch on Friday morning.
“Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the missile launch and called on Pyongyang to immediately refrain from any further provocative actions,” said a spokesman for the UN Secretary-General.
Previously, “John Kirby”, one of the senior officials of the White House, said: “The missile test conducted by North Korea is not considered a threat to the United States.
The White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator added: “We have no direct contact with North Korea and we are ready to negotiate with Pyongyang without any preconditions.”
The South Korean military announced early Friday that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile.
This is the second time that North Korea has launched a ballistic missile in the last 24 hours. This country has increased its missile tests at the same time as the South Korean and American exercises.
Senior Pyongyang officials have repeatedly stated that they consider the US military exercise on the Korean Peninsula as well as military exercises with South Korea and Japan to be a hostile act and a practice to attack North Korea.
The test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea was met with a response of anger and concern from the US government. White House National Security Council spokesman Adrienne Watson said on Friday: “We will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of our country and the security of our allies in Japan and South Korea.”
Following North Korea’s ballistic missile launch on Friday morning, Japan’s defense minister stated that the North Korean missile had a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. According to news sources, the Minister of Defense of Japan called the type of this missile intercontinental, which had a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. This rocket flew for 69 minutes.
