The United Nations Security Council will hold a public meeting today to discuss North Korea’s new missile launch, Britain, which this month holds the presidency of the world body, said on Wednesday.
The United Nations Security Council will hold a public meeting today to discuss North Korea’s new missile launch, Britain, which this month holds the presidency of the world body, said on Wednesday.
The extraordinary convening of the SA was requested by the USA, Japan, France, Albania, Malta and Britain.
North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it fired in the direction of the East Sea, or Sea of ​​Japan, yesterday morning. The action was condemned by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.
The missile flew for 74 minutes and reached an altitude of 6,000 kilometers while traveling 1,000 kilometers, according to Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno.
It is believed to have been the longest flight of any North Korean missile to date.
The weapons test came two twenty-four hours after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down US spy planes that violate its airspace and condemned the reported docking of a nuclear-armed US submarine on the peninsula.
According to KCNA, North Korea’s official news agency, the new Hwasong-18 missile was launched, the first to use solid fuel and was first tested in April.
Source :Skai
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