China has urged “all sides” to exercise restraint regarding North Korea’s long-range missiles tests, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
“We express concern at the present situation,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, when asked about the tests at a daily briefing.
On Thursday, North Korea fired a Hwasong-17, a huge new intercontinental ballistic missile, in a test that leader Kim Jong Un said was designed to demonstrate the might of its nuclear force and deter any US military moves.
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