The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss how North Korea has launched a series of ballistic missiles.
Prior to the meeting, the United States and Japan jointly issued a statement accusing North Korea of "violating the Security Council resolution and threatening the peace and security of the international community."
North Korea has announced that it has launched a total of six missiles toward the Sea of Japan four times in this year, launching "hypersonic missiles" and "tactical guided missiles," respectively.
On the 20th, the UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to respond to a series of launches at the request of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and others.
Prior to the meeting, the United Nations Ambassador to the United Nations, Thomas Greenfield, read a joint statement from eight countries, including seven members of the Security Council, including Europe and the United States, plus Japan.
"The missile launch violates the Security Council resolution and threatens the peace and security of the international community," he said in a statement. "We urge North Korea to stop illegal activities and return to dialogue. We diplomatically without preconditions. I am ready to do it, "and asks North Korea to respond to the dialogue.
The Security Council held an urgent meeting over North Korea on the 10th of this month, but China and Russia only argued that sanctions on North Korea should be relaxed, and each country only expressed its opinion. There is a view that it is difficult to take.