Minister for Asia, Amanda Milling said:
The UK condemns the launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile by North Korea on 29 January. This launch, and the short range ballistic missiles tested on 27 January, are clear breaches of UN Security Council Resolutions and pose a threat to our regional partners and global security.
We encourage North Korea to engage in discussions with the United States in order to secure complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation. Until this happens UN sanctions must be fully enforced by all states.
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