Malaysia condemns N Korea missile firing

Malaysia today condemned North Korea's firing of four ballistic missiles and urged the country to end such provocative action.

The Foreign Ministry in a statement today said the action had fuelled regional tensions and again demonstrated North Korea's disregard for the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula, the region and the world in general.

"DPRK (Demoractic People's Republic of North Korea) has again manifested its rejection of calls by the international community to cease its ballistic missile launches," it said.

The ministry said the launching of these missiles were flagrant violations of multiple United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and seriously undermined the global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime.

"Malaysia urges the DPRK to end all ballistic missile launches and, of paramount importance, to conform to all UNSC resolutions concerning the DPRK," it said.

Earlier in the day, North Korea fired four missiles from its western coast towards the Sea of Japan. According to the Japanese government, they flew about 1,000 kilometres, with three of them falling in Japan's exclusive economic zone.

- Bernama