WW3: World leaders unite to condemn North Korea’s ‘terrifying and reckless’ missile launch
NORTH Korea’s recent “reckless” missile launch has sparked outrage, fear and widespread condemnation across the world, the British ambassador declared.
By MATT DRAKE
Express.co.uk
Wed, Nov 29, 2017
North Korea sparked fears of World War 3 by continuing its ballistic missile testing after months of silence.
The North Korean missile was fired from Pyongsong, a city in South Pyongan Province, at around 6.17pm GMT and marks the country’s first launch since mid-September.
The British ambassador to the UN Matthew Rycroft blasted the test as “reckless” and called on the regime to abandon its plans.
He said: “This is a reckless act by a regime which is more intent on building up it’s ballistic missile nuclear capability than it is on looking after its own people.
“We call on the regime to give up its programs, to invest instead in the people of North Korea.”
NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “This is a further breach of UN Security Council Resolutions, undermining regional and international security.”
South Korea responded furiously to the North Korea missile test by launching its own “precision strike” rocket.
Within minutes of the North Korea launch, Seoul fired its own missile in retaliation.
Kim Jong-un’s latest launch comes hours after US government sources warned a launch could take place “in the next few days”.
It also comes before planned military exercises between the US and North Korea.
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said he strongly condemns the missile launch, noting that it had been anticipated and that the government had been preparing for it in advance.
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