WASHINGTON/PYONGYANG—The United States, its allies and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea’s latest attempted ballistic missile test, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said on Sunday, citing what he called an international consensus to act.
“We are working together with our allies and partners and with the Chinese leadership to develop a range of options,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster said on ABC’s “This Week” program.
“This latest missile test just fits into a pattern of provocative and destabilizing and threatening behavior on the part of the North Korean regime,” McMaster said.
He said the president has asked the national security council to integrate the efforts of the Defense and State departments and U.S. intelligence agencies to develop options if “this pattern of behavior continues and if the North Korean Regime refuses to denuclearize.”
“There is an international consensus now, including the Chinese leadership, that this is a situation that just cannot continue,” McMaster said.
The North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” after its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said.
