PRESS RELEASE : North Korea ballistic missile launches – FCDO statement [June 2023]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 15 June 2023.

A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson statement on North Korea’s ballistic missile launches on 15 June.

A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson said:

North Korea’s ballistic missile launches on 15 June are a breach of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. Illegal ballistic missile launches continue to destabilise the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula.

The UK will always call out these violations of UNSCRs. We strongly urge North Korea to return to dialogue and take credible steps towards denuclearisation.