Pakistan on Friday expressed deep concern at the launch of rocket by North Korea and noted it as a violation of the UN Security Council resolutions. In response to a question, Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said the rocket launch by DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] on February 08, 2016 is "a matter of deep concern".
"Every country has the right to peaceful uses of outer space. However, in this case we have noted that the launch is in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, which require DPRK to refrain from such actions," he added. He said Pakistan had persistently maintained that DPRK should abide by all its international obligations and all parties should avoid actions that were detrimental to the objective of the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free Korean peninsula within the framework of Six Party Talks.
The US Security Council has also condemned the launch of a long-range rocket, which the North Korea says is an effort to send a satellite into orbit, was in defiance of repeated warnings by the neighbouring countries that suspect it is a banned test of ballistic missile technology.