TOKYO (Sputnik) – Kenji Kanasugi, Japanese foreign ministry chief of Asia-Pacific affairs, and US State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim in a phone conversation discussed the recent launch of a ballistic missile from a North Korean submarine, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
"Both sides agreed that North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine on August 24 is unacceptable, and confirmed their intention to continue to stay in close cooperation on the Issue of North Korea, including at the platform of the UN Security Council," the statement reads.
Since the start of this year, North Korea has been at the center of international attention in view of its active missile testing. Pyongyang’s January nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch in February resulted in the tightening of sanctions against North Korea in a new UN Security Council resolution adopted in March.
