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UK Foreign Secretary Condemns N.Korean Nuclear Test as 'Needless Provocation'

© AP Photo / Kirsty WigglesworthBoris Johnson, the Mayor of London arrives for a meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London arrives for a meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - Sputnik International
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UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the latest nuclear test carried out by Pyongyang on Friday as a "needless provocation."

A South Korean soldier watches a TV broadcasting a news report on Seismic activity produced by a suspected North Korean nuclear test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, September 9, 2016. - Sputnik International
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"We all want to condemn strongly this kind of needless provocation," Johnson said, as quoted by Sky News broadcaster.

Later in the day, Johnson added in a statement published by the Foreign Office that he held phone consultations with his Australian and Japanese counterparts Julie Bishop and Fumio Kishida on a "robust response" to the North Korean test.

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