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UN is pursuing a dual policy on missile tests: Korea

North Korea said on Sunday in the wake of international criticism of its recent missile tests that the UN Security Council had adopted a dual policy on the military activities of its member states.

North Korean state media KCNA reported the news. The Security Council held a closed-door meeting on Friday at the request of the United States and other countries over North Korea’s missile tests. Joe Shoul-su, director of the international department at North Korea’s foreign ministry, said a meeting of the UN Security Council meant “unauthorized access and excessive provocation” of their actions and sovereignty.

The meeting came a day after Pyongyang fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile, the latest in a recent series of weapons tests including the launches of a previously unseen hypersonic missile, ballistic missiles and a cruise missile with potential nuclear capabilities.

He alleges that the Security Council’s silence on joint military exercises and weapons tests with US allies is a manifestation of their dual policy of talking about North Korea’s self-defense.

Jo accused the Council of double standards as it remains silent about U.S. joint military exercises and weapons tests with allies, while taking issue with the North’s “self-defensive” activities.

“This is a denial of impartiality, objectivity and equilibrium, lifelines of the U.N. activities, and an evident manifestation of double-dealing standard,” Jo said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

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