North Korea has rejected the UN Security Council’s most recent resolution, emphasizing its right to self-defense and space development, in an article published by state media on Thursday.

The Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) published a statement under the name of a spokesperson from the Korean Jurists Committee, who made the argument by citing international laws and agreements.

“The issue of a sovereign state’s right to self-defense is publicly recognized as just in the light of international law as it is stipulated in the ‘Convention on States Responsibility,’” the statement reads.