UN Security Council to meet next Monday in response to North Korean missile test
UN Security Council calls for immediate end to hostilities in North Korea Missiles are faster than sound ”(hypersonic missile). This was released by the AFP news agency on Friday morning, January 7, 2022.
The meeting was proposed by three of the five permanent members of the UNSC, the United States, France and the United Kingdom, as well as other UNSC members Ireland and Albania, on Thursday (New York time). ). The proposal comes just a day after North Korea announced it had successfully tested a supersonic missile.
According to UN officials, who asked not to be named, no joint statement is expected to be issued after Monday's meeting, only a statement. .
Wednesday's missile test was the first for North Korea since October 2021, and it was captured by military observers from South Korea, the United States and Japan and criticized the city. Pyongyang also objected to the move, saying it was initially thought to be a ballistic missile.
"During Wednesday's test, a supersonic missile was fired by a rocket launcher and flew at a range of 700 km before hitting its target," the KCNA said in a statement. The KCNA also revealed the North Korean military's ability to conduct missile launches, even in winter.
This is not a new weapon that North Korea has tested. In September 2021, Pyongyang announced for the first time a supersonic missile test to show that it was also close to the military superpower. Also in the world in the development of this great weapon.
