The United States on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s firing of a suspected ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to sit down for talks, IgbereTV reports.
“This launch is in violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions and poses a threat to the DPRK’s neighbors and the international community,” a State Department spokesperson said, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“We remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the DPRK and call on them to engage in dialogue,” he said.
The spokesperson also said that the US commitment to defend both South Korea and Japan, two treaty-bound allies, was “ironclad
