G7 calls for 'significant' U.N. response to North Korea missile launches - Reuters

ROME, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The United Nations' Security Council needs to instrumentality "significant measures" successful effect to the latest intercontinental ballistic rocket motorboat by North Korea, overseas ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) large industrialised nations said connected Sunday.

The Security Council is acceptable to sermon North Korea successful a gathering connected Monday astatine the petition of the United States, pursuing the latest successful a bid of rocket trial launches this year.

"(North Korea's) actions request a agreed and robust effect by the planetary community," the ministers of the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Britain, France and Italy said.

Pyongyang tested connected Friday a ballistic rocket susceptible of reaching the U.S. mainland soon aft informing of "fiercer subject responses" to Washington beefing up its information beingness successful the region.

The G7 connection said Friday's trial was a "reckless act" and "another blatant violation" of U.N. resolutions.

"The unprecedented bid of unlawful ballistic rocket launches conducted by (North Korea) successful 2022 ... airs a superior menace to determination and planetary bid and security," the G7 connection said, adding that the state "cannot and volition ne'er person the presumption of a nuclear-weapon state".

Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Alexander Smith and Raissa Kasolowsky

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