First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that an expert assessment is needed
UN, October 19. /tass/. Russia proceeds from the fact that first it is necessary to get more information about the launch of DPRK missiles. Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, told reporters on Tuesday, answering a question about the possibility of convening the Security Council of the world organization.
"We need to get more information about this. <...> We have only seen media reports, do not trust the news very much. We need an expert assessment," the diplomat said.
North Korea on Tuesday morning, as the South Korean military believes, launched a ballistic missile from a coastal area in the northeast of the country, which was the eighth missile test in North Korea since the beginning of the year. According to Seoul, the military could test a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) both in 2015 and 2019. The Japanese authorities, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters, believe that Pyongyang has launched two ballistic missiles.
