Japan will seek the convening of an emergency meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations. On this Tuesday morning, August 29, said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

According to him, Japan calls the world community from the UN platform to increase pressure on North Korea. The current rocket launch is a recklessness and an unprecedented serious threat to peace and security in the region, Abe stressed..

At the same time, a diplomat of one of the UN Security Council member countries has already confirmed that Japan, the United States of America and South Korea have officially requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after the missile test of North Korea. The date and time of the meeting have not yet been determined.

At the same time Abe and US President Donald Trump in a telephone conversation agreed to increase pressure on the DPRK. The leaders discussed the results of the analysis of the DPRK's missile launch and those measures that must be adopted and came to a common opinion on the need for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council meeting and increased pressure on the DPRK.

Trump confirmed 100% support for Japan.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the morning of August 29, North Korea launched a missile that flew over Japan and fell in the Pacific Ocean.