North Korea defended its missile tests as its legitimate right to self-defence and said the United States is intentionally escalating the situation by imposing new sanctions, state media reported on Friday, citing the foreign ministry.
its national defence capability, and did not target any specific country or harm the security of neighbouring countries, a spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA.
North Korea has said the recent weapons were "hypersonic missiles" that would boost its strategic military forces.it has no hostile intent toward North Korea and is willing to engage in talks without preconditions, but that the tests are "profoundly destabilising." "The U.S. is intentionally escalating the situation even with the activation of independent sanctions, not content with referring the DPRK's just activity to the UN Security Council," the statement said.
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