(United Nations) The Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Wednesday on North Korea, which claimed to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Tuesday, greatly increasing its military capabilities, diplomats told AFP.
The session, to be held in the afternoon, was requested by the United Kingdom and the United States, the same sources said. France subsequently joined London and Washington’s request for an emergency meeting, a diplomat said.
Earlier Tuesday, Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun, whose country has shown itself frequently in recent years in support of Pyongyang, refused to respond to reporters questioning him about the north fire. -Korean.
The deputy Russian ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, had for his part warned against any haste.
“We need to find more information” on this shot, as interpretations of events in North Korea have “always been conflicting,” he said. The shot “can come from anywhere. We only have press information and I don’t trust them too much, we need an experienced assessment, ”added the Russian diplomat.
North Korea on Wednesday claimed it fired a ballistic missile from a submarine which, if the information was confirmed, would allow the nuclear-weapon country to have a separate second strike capability. missile fire from silos or land vehicles.