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Britain summons North Korean ambassador

The British Foreign Office said it has summoned the North Korean ambassador over Wednesday’s ballistic missile test.
North Korea said it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile in a “breakthrough” that put the United States mainland within range of its nuclear weapons.
“I summoned the North Korean Ambassador to the Foreign Office to make clear to him our condemnation of this latest ballistic missile test,” Reuters quoted the Minister for Asia and Pacific, Mark Field, as saying in a statement.
“North Korea claims it wants to bring security and prosperity to its people. But its actions are creating only insecurity and deepening its isolation.”
Britain is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
The latest test was the highest and longest any North Korean missile had flown, and it landed in the sea near Japan.
U.S President, Donald Trump, who has vowed to halt North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, spoke with Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on Wednesday and urged Beijing to rein in its ally North Korea.
North Korea said the new missile reached an altitude of about 4,475 km (2,780 miles) – more than 10 times the height of the International Space Station – and flew 950 km (590 miles) during its 53-minute flight.

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