PYONGYANG, Sept. 7 (Xinhua)-- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday rejected a press statement issued by the UN Security Council condemning its latest ballistic missile launches.
"This is an intolerable act of encroaching upon its (the DPRK) dignity, right to existence, sovereignty and right to self-defense," said a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry in response to a question from the press, according to the official KCNA news agency.
The spokesman stressed that the DPRK will continue to bolster its nuclear force in a phased manner this year, when the DPRK had conducted a purported H-bomb test in January.
In the statement, the Security Council members also reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia at large and expressed their commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution to the situation.
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