08:22     15 January 2022    

S Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches as a "violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions" and reaffirmed the "ironclad" security commitment with South Korea, as reported by the US Department of State on Friday (US time).

S Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches as a "violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions" and reaffirmed the "ironclad" security commitment with South Korea, as reported by the US Department of State on Friday (US time), Baku Tribune reports citing Breaking News. According to the information, in a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, Blinken "discussed cooperation to achieve the complete denuclearization and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula" and "the need for continued cooperation and urgent action to end the COVID-19 pandemic". The conversation between the two allies comes after the third missile launched by North Korea in the last nine days.