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We the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada France Germany Italy Japan the United Kingdom the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union condemn in the strongest terms North Koreas brazen launch of another Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ICBM conducted on July 12 2023 following the launch using ballistic missile technology conducted on May 31 2023 along with the launches of two ballistic missiles on June 15 2023 both of which landed within Japans Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ.North Korea continues to expand its unlawful nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities and to escalate its destabilizing activities. These launches pose a grave threat to regional and international peace and stability and undermine the global non-proliferation regime. They are a flagrant violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions UNSCRs which prohibit North Korea from conducting any further launches that use ballistic missile technology. We once again call on North Korea to refrain from any other provocative actions.We reiterate our demand that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons existing nuclear programs and any other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete verifiable and irreversible manner and fully comply with all obligations under the relevant UNSCRs. North Korea cannot and will never have the status of a nuclear-weapon State under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NPT.We call for a quick strong and unified response by the UN Security Council UNSC. The frequency of North Koreas repeated blatant violations of UNSCRs juxtaposed with the UNSCs corresponding inaction because of some members obstruction is cause for significant alarm. We call on all UN Member States to fully and effectively implement all UNSCRs and urge the UNSC Members to follow through on their commitments. We call on North Korea to engage in meaningful diplomacy and accept the repeated offers of dialogue put forward by Japan the United States and the Republic of Korea.North Koreas decision to prioritize its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs over the welfare of the people in North Korea is aggravating an already dire humanitarian situation.The G7 remains committed to working with all relevant partners toward the goal of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and to upholding the rules-based international order.
