“North Korea’s reckless behavior calls for a swift and united response from the international community, including significant further action by the United Nations Security Council,” the states’ foreign ministers said in a statement. States, Germany, Canada, France and Italy. Japan and UK.

Together with the High Representative of the European Union 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 corresponding inaction” of this Council due to the “obstruction” of some of its members.

This latest North Korean launch, they add, “undermines regional and international peace and security”.

Pyongyang’s new test this morning comes after North Korea launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday.

G7 representatives point out that since last year there have been a record number of ballistic missile launches and that tension has increased “with the continuation of irresponsible and destabilizing discourse on the use of nuclear weapons”.

In early 2023, according to the G7, the country publicly declared its intention to continue to expand and improve “its illegal nuclear and missile programs”.

“We reiterate our demand that it renounce its nuclear weapons, existing nuclear programs and all other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner,” they said.

OE // JPS

By Impala News / Lusa

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