North Korea’s Ambassador to the UK was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Tuesday, following a North Korean ballistic missile test on Sunday morning, an FCO press release announced.

The newly arrived Ambassador, Choe Il, had only recently presented his credentials to the Queen in a ceremony – five days prior to the summon.

“We have made clear that the actions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) were in direct violation of multiple resolutions, are a threat to international security and that such dangerous and destabilising activity must stop,” the press release on the decision read.