Key Takeaways
- The Russian Foreign Ministry states there is no data confirming a missile fall in its exclusive economic zone.
- UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari noted the missile was possibly the longest ballistic launch.
- Both Moscow and the UN await further evidence before confirming the incident.
Moscow: There is currently no data confirming that North Korea’s missile fell within the exclusive economic zone of Russia.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Friday that the reports remain unverified.
On Thursday, UN Assistant Secretary-General in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations Khaled Khiari said that the missile fired by Pyongyang on July 12 landed within Russia’s exclusive economic zone and was possibly the longest ballistic missile launch.
“At the moment, there are no supporting data on the fall [of the North Korean missile] in our exclusive economic zone,” Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
