Georgia condemns North Korean ballistic missile test

Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile test that took place this Sunday.

The Ministry issued a special statement expressing its "deep concern over the flagrant violation of international commitments and a range of United Nations Security Council resolutions”, including one on Nuclear Tests by North Korea.

"[The Ministry] condemns Pyongyang’s recent test of a ballistic missile on February 12, 2017”, the statement read.

"As a contracting party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Georgia opposes any action disrupting international nonproliferation efforts and posing a threat to peace in the region”.

Strongly condemn ballistic missile tests carried out by #NorthKorea. Any attempt 2 undermine peace&stability in the #World is unacceptable

— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) 13 February 2017

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea early on Sunday in a launch supervised by leader Kim Jong-un.

The test was likely to have been of an intermediate-range Musudan-class missile that landed in the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea's military, not an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), which the North has said it could test at any time.

The action has been widely condemned. The United States, Japan and South Korea have requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the incident.

China said it opposes North Korean missile tests and Russia said it is concerned, calling on all parties to prevent any escalation in tensions.