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European members of UN Security Council request meeting on N. Korea:
diplomats
UNITED NATIONS, United States, March 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – European
countries with seats on the UN Security Council have requested that the panel
meet to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launches, diplomats said Friday.
France, Estonia, Ireland, Norway and Britain have asked for a closed-door
meeting of the council on Tuesday, the diplomats said.
Separately, a UN sanctions committee focused on nuclear-armed North Korea
has asked its experts to investigate Pyongyang’s launch of missiles on
Thursday, diplomats said.
The panel is composed of the same 15 countries that sit on the Security
Council. The request to the experts was made Friday in a closed-door meeting
of the committee.
North Korea launched two weapons from its east coast Thursday, with
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga calling them ballistic missiles.
It was North Korea’s first substantive provocation since Joe Biden took
power as US president in January.
The sanctions committee met after an urgent request made Thursday by the
United States.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1244 hrs