UNITED NATIONS, United States,(MILLAT/APP/AFP): The United States,
Japan and South Korea on Sunday requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss North Korea’s missile launch, Pyongyang’s first test since US President Donld Trump took office.
The council is expected to hold consultations on Monday after North
Korea confirmed it had “successfully” tested a ballistic missile.
“The United States, along with Japan and the Republic of Korea, have
requested urgent consultations on the DPRK’s launch of a ballistic missile on February 12,” said a US mission spokesman, adding that the meeting would likely take place in the afternoon.
The North Korean missile flew about 500 kilometres (310 miles) before
falling into the sea, South Korea’s defence ministry said.
The state-run KCNA news agency said “a “surface-to-surface medium
long-range ballistic missile” was “successfully test-fired” on Sunday,
describing it as a “Korean-style new type strategic weapon system.”