The United States condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch, saying it posed a threat to North Korea's neighbors.
A spokesman for the United States said on Sunday (December 17) that North Korea's latest round of missile launches, like Pyongyang's ballistic missile launches earlier this year, violated multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions. ”
** The spokesman said: "These missile launches pose a threat to North Korea's neighbors and undermine regional security. ”
According to Yonhap News Agency, Japan said on Monday (December 18) that the chief representatives of South Korea, the United States and Japan on the North Korean nuclear issue held a meeting on the same day to condemn North Korea's launch of ballistic missiles.
It is reported that Kim Jian, director of the South Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiation Headquarters, held consultations with the United States' special deputy representative for DPRK policy and Japan's director of the Asia-Oceania Bureau in the early hours of Sunday.
During the phone call, the three sides strongly condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch on Sunday, and said that North Korea violated UN Security Council resolutions and threatened regional and international peace and security, while reiterating that they will continue to strengthen close cooperation between South Korea and Japan, the United States and Japan, and South Korea, the United States and Japan.
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday night that fell into the waters east of the peninsula after flying about 570 kilometers. North Korea launched another suspected intercontinental ballistic missile into the waters east of the peninsula on Monday morning.