The United States has called for a UN Security Council meeting on Friday (Jun 2) to discuss North Korea's attempted satellite launch this week, the spokesperson for the US mission t
this week, the spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nations said.
Washington condemned the launch, saying it used ballistic missile technology in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and risked destabilising the security situation in the region and beyond. Another UN diplomat said the call was made jointly with Albania, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta and Britain.Following the failed launch, North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said her country would soon put a military spy satellite into orbit and vowed that Pyongyang would increase its military surveillance capabilities.
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