RIA Novosti: a number of countries have requested the UN Security Council to hold consultations in connection with the launches of the DPRK

RIA Novosti informs about it with reference to the source.

“The request came from the United States, Albania, France, Ireland and the UK,” said the agency's interlocutor.

On January 5, it was reported that the DPRK launched an unknown projectile towards the Sea of ​​Japan.

Later, it was reported that North Korea had tested a hypersonic missile.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Pyongyang's missile launch violated a number of UN Security Council resolutions.

Japan also protested the DPRK over the test of a hypersonic missile.