DPRK and US flags. File photoUN Feb 5 The United States will consider holding a meeting with the DPRK at the level of leaders of state, if the necessary conditions are created for this — for now there are none, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters. The US has made it clear that we want to meet with the North Koreans without preconditions, but before we have a meeting with our president, we need to better understand what we can achieve,» Thomas-Greenfield said, when asked if she that it is time for the US president to take a direct part in contacts with the DPRK. Answering a clarifying question whether she does not rule out meetings with Biden if the North Koreans make contact, the permanent representative said that «if conditions are created, we will definitely consider it.» 
The United States and part of the UN Security Council countries called the launch of the DPRK a violation of Security Council resolutions «But now we are in a situation where we cannot put them at the diplomatic table for at least any negotiations,» Thomas-Greenfield noted. On Friday, a closed meeting in connection with the last launch of a ballistic missile by the DPRK. Last Sunday, the DPRK launched one, presumably, a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan from the region of the North Korean province of Chagangdo. According to the South Korean military, the flight range was approximately 800 kilometers, the highest flight altitude was 2,000 kilometers. North Korea said the next day that it had carried out a test launch of the Hwaseong-12 medium-range ballistic missile, which is produced and supplied to the DPRK army, to confirm the effectiveness and safety of its operation. This was the DPRK's seventh weapons test in January. First, on January 5 and 11, North Korea tested hypersonic missiles (both launches were also made from the province of Chagando), on the 14th, two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from a railway missile system, on the 17th and 27th, the DPRK also tested tactical guided missiles short range. Also on January 25, two long-range cruise missiles were launched, which, unlike ballistic missile tests, does not violate UN Security Council resolutions. pictures from space taken «during the launch of the rocket»
