Anthony Albanese has lashed North Korea for testing a missile which has the capability of hitting the US mainland as calls grow for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
Japanese coast guard confirmed the intercontinental ballistic missile was launched shortly after 10:00am on Friday from Pyongyang, North Korea.
A photo provided by the North Korean government of leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea sometime between September and October. Picture: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP “This is recklessly threatening our security, it's destabilising our region, and in particular, it's causing trauma for the people of Japan, and the people of the Republic of Korea,” Mr Albanese said in Bangkok on Friday.“It is one of multiple launches, it wasn't just one missile this morning. And there has been increasingly an escalation of North Korea's activity, and it needs to be called out. It needs to be condemned, and the globe needs to act on this.
“This provocation violates multiple UN resolutions, and must stop. Australia supports the convening of an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to deal with this issue,” he said.
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