Government response
North Korea missile tests: Minister Trevelyan's statement, December 2023
UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, responds to North Korea missile tests.
UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan:
The UK condemns the latest launches of an Intercontinental ballistic missile on 18 December and a short range ballistic missile on 17 December by North Korea; these actions clearly breach multiple UN Security Resolutions.
This repeated escalation of testing is deeply damaging for regional stability and further destabilises the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula.
The UK strongly urges North Korea to refrain from illegal launches, return to dialogue swiftly and to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.