3 European nations condemn North Korea's missile launches

Three important U.S. allies are condemning the “repeated provocative launches” of ballistic missiles by North Korea that violate U.N. Security Council resolutions banning such activity.

The United Kingdom, France and Germany issued a joint statement Tuesday after a closed Security Council briefing by U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo that they requested because of concerns at the series of missile launches in recent weeks by North Korea.

The three nations urged North Korea “to engage in meaningful negotiations with the U.S.,” as President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un agreed to on June 30, saying this is “the only way” to guarantee security on the Korean peninsula.

They said “international sanctions must remain in place and be fully and strictly enforced until North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs are dismantled.”