Condemning the missile launch by North Korea on July 4, the US has said it is a provocative action.
"These launches are provocative, but they are nothing new," the State Department spokesman, Ian Kelly, said at his daily press briefing at its Foggy Bottom headquarters.
"We continue to call on North Korea to refrain from these kinds of provocative actions that aggravate tensions and do not contribute at all to regional security," Kelly said.
The focus of the Obama Administration, Kelly said is on the implementation of our two UN Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874 that require North Korea to suspend all ballistic missile-related activity.
