G7 calls for significant UN response to North Korea missile launches

Pyongyang tested a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland on Friday after warning of “fiercer military responses” to Washington

By Reuters

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Test-firing of a missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. — AP
Test-firing of a missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. — AP

Published: Sun 20 Nov 2022, 10:10 PM

The United Nations’ Security Council needs to take “significant measures” in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations said on Sunday.

The Security Council is set to discuss North Korea in a meeting on Monday at the request of the United States, following the latest in a series of missile test launches this year.


“(North Korea’s) actions demand a united and robust response by the international community,” the ministers of the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Britain, France and Italy said.

Pyongyang tested on Friday a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland shortly after warning of “fiercer military responses” to Washington beefing up its security presence in the region.


The G7 statement said Friday’s test was a “reckless act” and “another blatant violation” of UN resolutions.

“The unprecedented series of unlawful ballistic missile launches conducted by (North Korea) in 2022 ... pose a serious threat to regional and international peace and security,” the G7 statement said, adding that the country “cannot and will never have the status of a nuclear-weapon state”.


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