Emergency UNSC meeting on N. Korea's missile launch held on Monday afternoon local time

South Korea, the United States and Japan have requested an emergency UN Security Council
meeting to discuss North Korea's ballistic missile launch.
Russia's Tass News Agency reported the closed-door meeting will be held Monday 5 p.m. local time,...
which is Thursday 7 a.m.
South Korean time.
Considering that Security Council meetings were not held frequently in response to North
Korea's previous ballistic missile launches, the North's first launch of 2017 is being
considered a grave provocation.
Existing UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea ban any kind of launches using
ballistic missile technology.
Condemnation for North Korea came from the European Union, too.
In a written statement on Sunday, the European External Action Service said North Korea must
abandon its ballistic missile programs once and for all.
It also called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its denuclearization.

Emergency UNSC meeting on N. Korea's missile launch held on Monday afternoon local time

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