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1st LD: UN Security Council kicks off closed meeting on DPRK

Xinhua, June 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Wednesday kicked off a meeting behind closed doors to discuss two suspected missile launches by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The 15-nation council began the meeting at around 15:15 EDT (1915 GMT) at UN Headquarters in New York. "The ballistic launches (by Pyongyang) are a clear and unacceptable violation of the Security Council resolutions," Francois Delattre, the French UN ambassador who holds the rotating council presidency for this month, told reporters here before the start of the meeting.

"The North Korean ballistic programme is a serious threat to regional and international peace and security."

The DPRK has not confirmed the suspected test-launch of two missiles on Wednesday morning.

The state-run KCNA news agency told Xinhua in Pyongyang over the phone that it was not aware of the missile launches and asked Xinhua to wait for official news. Endit