In view of North Korea’s recent test-fire of the most powerful missile since 2017, diplomatic sources said on the 1st that the United States has asked the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the 3rd. The emergency meeting is expected to be held behind closed doors and will be confirmed by Russia, which holds the rotating presidency in February, Agence France-Presse reported. “We really hope the Security Council can convey a unanimous position (in a paper statement),” said one diplomatic source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
North Korea has confirmed it will test-fire a Hwasong-12 “surface-to-surface medium- and long-range ballistic missile” on January 30, its seventh test launch last month and the first since 2017. arms.
“We should at least insist that the Security Council call on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to abide by Security Council resolutions,” the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the official country name of North Korea.
“If the Security Council can’t even call on North Korea to abide by the Security Council’s decisions, that’s a problem.”
North Korea “continues to make progress in ballistics, improving the range, accuracy and lethality of missiles,” he said.
North Korea has both nuclear and ballistic missile technology, the diplomat said. At a certain stage, if the two technologies are mixed, the threat will absolutely become intolerable, he said.