In a press release, the G7 protested against North Korea which carried out a test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile in an exclusive economic maritime zone of Japan.
The G7 “strongly” condemned on Friday “the continuation of ballistic missile tests (…) including the firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)” by North Korea, qualified as a “flagrant violation” of the obligations of Pyongyang vis-à-vis the United Nations.
“These reckless actions threaten regional and international peace and security, pose a dangerous and unpredictable risk to international civil aviation and maritime navigation in the region and demand a united response from the international community,” the foreign ministers added. of the seven members of the G7 as well as the High Representative of the European Union, in a press release.
BREAKING: North Korea’s state-run television shows edited footage of Kim Jong Un guiding the test-launch of what the country referred to as the Hwasong-17 ICBM.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally ordered and supervised the firing of the country’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), ensuring that Pyongyang is ready for a “long-winded confrontation” with the United States, reports the state news agency on Friday. A meeting of the Security Council will be held Friday from 7:00 p.m. GMT, according to the UN and diplomats.
A missile capable of striking any part of American territory
Called Hwasong-17, the missile, which is capable of hitting any part of American territory, crashed in Japan’s exclusive economic maritime zone.
The signatories of the text call on North Korea “to accept repeated offers of dialogue made by all parties concerned, including the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan” and to “abandon its programs of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner”.
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The statement also calls on “all states to implement fully and effectively all restrictive measures relating to (North Korea) imposed by the United Nations Security Council, and to address the risk of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction from the DPRK as an urgent priority.