A North Korean official on Sunday called for Spanish authorities to carry out a full investigation into what they described as the “grave terrorist attack” on the country’s embassy in Madrid last month.

The statement, reported to have been made by a spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry in response to a question from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), is North Korea’s first public comment on last month’s raid on its embassy in Madrid.

“An illegal intrusion into and occupation of diplomatic mission and act of extortion are a grave breach of the state sovereignty and a flagrant violation of