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G7 powers condemn failed North Korean satellite launch
- North Korea’s second bid to put a sky satellite in orbit failed on Thursday, three months after a first crashed into the sea
- In a joint statement the G7 nations and EU said North Korea’s move ‘poses a grave threat to regional and international peace and stability’
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Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) group of wealthy nations condemned North Korea’s failed bid to launch a spy satellite on Thursday, arguing that it used banned ballistic missile technology.
In a joint statement Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and European Union said North Korea’s move “poses a grave threat to regional and international peace and stability”.
North Korea’s second bid to put a sky satellite in orbit failed on Thursday, three months after a first crashed into the sea.
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The nuclear-armed authoritarian state said it would attempt another launch in October.
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The satellite was to have been carried to orbit in a staged rocket that uses the same technology as ballistic missiles – which Pyongyang is forbidden from developing under UN resolutions.
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“Despite the repeated calls from the international community, North Korea continues to intensify its escalatory actions through a record number of ballistic missile launches,” the ministers said.
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