Biden condemns N. Korea's missile launch: White House
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden strongly condemned North Korea's firing of a long-range ballistic missile in a call with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the White House said Tuesday.
The call came after the North launched an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japanese territory on Tuesday (Seoul time).
"The leaders jointly condemned the DPRK's missile test in the strongest terms, recognizing the launch as a danger to the Japanese people, destabilizing to the region, and a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions," the White House said of the Biden-Kishida call in a press release.
DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.
"They confirmed they would continue to closely coordinate their immediate and longer-term response bilaterally, trilaterally with the Republic of Korea, and with the international community," the White House said, referring to South Korea by its official name.
"The leaders discussed the importance of immediate return and resolution of the cases of Japanese citizens abducted by the DPRK and resolved to continue every effort to limit the DPRK's ability to support its unlawful ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs," it added.
The Biden-Kishida conversation followed a series of phone calls between U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials, including the countries' top diplomats and national security advisers.
The White House earlier said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed "appropriate and robust" international responses to North Korea's missile launches in his separate talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.
Reuters later reported the U.S. plans to call for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to be held on Wednesday to discuss the North's missile provocation.
Tuesday's North Korean missile launch marked the fifth of its kind in just over a week.
Pyongyang has fired nearly 40 ballistic missiles this year, the largest number of ballistic missiles launched in a year.
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