UNSC UN, Jan 7 USA, UK, France, Ireland, Albania requested On Monday, closed consultations of the UN Security Council in connection with the last launch of the DPRK missile, a source in the Security Council told RIA Novosti. «The request came from the United States, Albania, France, Ireland and the UK,» the agency's interlocutor said, adding that closed consultations were requested for Monday. Earlier, the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (CTAC) reported that the DPRK conducted a test of a supersonic missile on Wednesday, which flew 700 kilometers and «hit the target exactly.» This is the first alleged test of the DPRK's weapons this year. The previous one took place on October 19, 2021, when North Korea tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile. In turn, the Minister of Defense of Japan Nobuo Kishi expressed the opinion that the missile launched by the DPRK on the eve of the North Korean missile «is new and has not been tested before.» In connection with the missile test, the Japanese government sent a protest to the DPRK through diplomatic channels through the embassy in Beijing.
