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North Korea ballistic missile launches on 18 July: FCDO statement

A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson statement on North Korea鈥檚 ballistic missile launches on 18 July.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson said:

North Korea鈥檚 ballistic missile launches on 18 July are a breach of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions. Illegal ballistic missile launches continue to destabilise the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula.

皇冠体育app UK will continue to call out these flagrant violations of UNSCRs. We strongly urge North Korea to return to dialogue, and to take credible steps towards denuclearisation.

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Published 19 July 2023