Washington. February 2. INTERFAX - The United States has called on the UN Security Council to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss North Korea's latest missile launch, the Associated Press reports, citing diplomats.
The US mission to the UN is seeking to hold a closed consultative meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korea on Thursday, agency sources said.
The last time the UN Security Council met was on January 10, a few days after the DPRK launched a hypersonic missile.
Last Sunday, North Korea launched an unidentified projectile towards the Sea of Japan. According to military experts, the projectile was a ballistic missile. According to the South Korean military, the launch was carried out from the northern province of Chagan, the rocket flew about 800 km at a maximum altitude of 2 thousand km.
In turn, Pyongyang confirmed on Monday that it had conducted a test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile.
This launch was the seventh by the DPRK in 2022.
