White House is worried about North Korean conducting additional ballistic missile testing

The White House is still worried that North Korea will conduct yet another intercontinental ballistic missile test.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said he’s ‘been concerned for sometime’ about more tests even though there are no ‘indications’ of an impending launch.

Most recently, North Korea fired two short-range missile tests off its east coast while Sullivan was in Tokyo meeting with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea. This was their sixth time launching these ballistic missile tests.

‘I have been concerned for some time that North Korea would conduct what would be its seventh nuclear test,’ Sullivan told CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday morning.

North Korea launched two short-range missiles off  its east coast in June while Sullivan was in Tokyo meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts

‘I don’t see any immediate indications that’s going to happen, but it would not come as a surprise if North Korea moves forward with another test with respect to its intercontinental ballistic missile capability,’ he added.

A United Nations Security Council resolution has sanctioned North Korea by banning its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.

Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to reduce rising tensions between Washington, D.C. and Pyonguang have stalled.

Regarding the June testing, a North Korea Ministry of Defense spokesperson said that South Korea and United States drills were to blame for escalating tensions in the region.

The spokesperson added they would respond to ‘any kind of protests or provocations by enemies.’