“We condemn the launch of a ballistic missile by the DPRK,” RIA Novosti quotes Psaki's statement.
According to her, this violates many UN Security Council resolutions.
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) poses a threat to the DPRK's neighbors and the international community," Psaki stressed.
She also recommended that the DPRK authorities refrain from further provocations and enter into a substantive dialogue.
Earlier it became known that the DPRK launched an unknown projectile in the direction of the Sea of Japan, which fell outside the exclusive economic zone of Japan.
South Korea condemned the DPRK's missile launch.
Mona Juul, Chair of the UN Security Council, Norway's Permanent Representative to the World Organization, said that the situation in connection with reports of a new rocket launch by the DPRK causes concern.
The USA, Great Britain, France, Ireland, Japan called on the DPRK to abandon its missile program and enter into negotiations on the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.