Antony Blinken holds calls with South Korea, Japan over North's missile launch

North Korea Missile Test: US, South Korea and Japan condemned North Korea's disregard of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken along with the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea "strongly condemned" North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over Japan, the US State Department spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.

North Korea Missile Test: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference. (AFP)

The trio also condemned North Korea's disregard of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and its deeply destabilizing implications for the region, spokesperson Ned Price said.

Blinken emphasized that the US commitment to the defense of South Korea and Japan remained "ironclad," and reaffirmed the importance of close trilateral cooperation to hold North Korea "accountable for its unacceptable behavior," the statement added.