National Security Council (NSC) Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby asked during a Zoom briefing on 1st local time whether North Korea is likely to conduct a nuclear test at the G20 Summit in Indonesia from 15 to 16. he replied in this way.
“We have long said that North Korea can test a nuclear weapon at any time,” he said.
State Department spokesman Ned Price also said in a briefing on the possibility of a nuclear test in North Korea, saying, “We are concerned along with South Korea and Japan.”
“If North Korea takes such dangerous and destabilizing measures in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and what is clearly heard around the world, there will be grave consequences and serious consequences,” he said.
