The top diplomats of the Group of Seven industrialized nations “strongly condemned” North Korea’s alleged provision of arms to Russia for the war against Ukraine, according to a readout of their meeting on Wednesday. 

In an Indo-Pacific session of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo, the group discussed various concerns related to the region, including nuclear and missile threats from the DPRK, Japan’s foreign ministry said in a press release Wednesday.

During the meeting, Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa expressed concern on behalf of Japan and the G7 overall about Pyongyang’s frequent ballistic missile launches and described them as