The EU condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which Pyongyang claims was equipped with a hypersonic warhead.
This violates multiple UN Security Council resolutions and further raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The EU expresses its full solidarity with its partners in the region, in particular the Republic of Korea and Japan. The EU urges the DPRK to cease such illegal and escalatory actions, and to take up offers of dialogue by the main parties. This is the only path to sustainable peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.