Used in recent months to ballistic missile testing, North Korea did it again on Tuesday, forcing the UN Security Council to react.
He will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Wednesday, diplomats said.
The session, to be held in the afternoon, was requested by the United Kingdom and the United States, the same sources said.
France subsequently joined London and Washington's request for an emergency meeting, a diplomat said.
This decision comes the day after a statement from Pyongyang which claimed to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine.
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea's military says, its latest in a series of tests with analysts saying it could have been a submarine-launched weaponhttps: //t.co/6CqCFDIWvE pic.twitter.com/glkJzCM3lh
- AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 19, 2021
If the information is correct, it would greatly increase its military capabilities as it would allow this nuclear weapon country to have a second strike capability distinct from missile fire from silos or ground vehicles.
Various reactions
While some states are concerned, Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun, whose country has often displayed support for Pyongyang in recent years, on Tuesday refused to respond to reporters questioning him about the north fire. Korean.
Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, for his part warned against any rush.
"We need to find more information" on this shot because interpretations of the events in North Korea have "always been conflicting," he said.
The shot “can come from anywhere.
We only have press information and I don't trust them too much, we need an experienced assessment, ”added the Russian diplomat.
However, the decision of the UN Security Council seems to attest to the seriousness of the threat.
