The North Korean ambassador to Italy’s accreditation as a diplomat will be stopped and he will be asked to leave the country, the country’s foreign minister said on Sunday.

In an interview with la Repubblica, Angelino Alfano said that the decision to expel Mun Jong Nam had been made in light of the DPRK’s continued nuclear and missile tests.

“The Ambassador will have to leave Italy,” Alfano said, in comments translated by Reuters. “We want to impress on Pyongyang that isolation is inevitable if they don’t change tack.”

Italy will not fully cut diplomatic relations with the DPRK, Alfona said, stating