UN Security Council to discuss North Korea
According to sources, the matter was placed before the council by Western countries
The UN Security Council will discuss the situation around North Korea on November 21, according to the UN body’s schedule released on Friday.
The discussion on North Korea is scheduled to take place after 18:00 Moscow time. According to sources, the matter was placed before the council by Western countries.
North Korea on Friday morning launched a missile which Japan classified as intercontinental. The missile flew about 1,000 kilometers along a steep trajectory, rising to a maximum altitude of 6,000 kilometers and splashed down about 200 kilometers west of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, within Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
According to Japanese Defence Ministry estimates, if launched along an ordinary trajectory, such a missile is capable of flying more than 15,000 kilometers to reach the continental part of the United States.
