UN Secretary General condemns North Korea's missile launch

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned North Korea's weekend launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile and called on Pyongyang to cease "provocative actions", his spokesman said Sunday, Report informs, citing Agence France Presse.

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement issued Sunday, referring to North Korea's official name. He added that Guterres reiterated a call for Pyongyang "to immediately desist from taking any further provocative actions."