WATCH: White House strongly condemns North Korea’s missile test

The White House on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea’s nuclear-capable ballistic missile over Japan, calling it a “dangerous and reckless decision.”

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“The launch was a danger to the Japanese people, destabilizing to the region and a clear, a clear violation of the United Nations Council’s Security Council resolutions,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the White House briefing.

Tuesday’s launch was the fifth round of weapons tests by North Korea in the past 10 days. The testing spree is an apparent response to two sets of military drills – one between Washington and Seoul and the other involving Washington, Seoul and Tokyo – off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast last week.

President Joe Biden spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Tuesday to discuss their next steps.

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Earlier, Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with his counterparts, Japanese Secretary General Akiba Takeo and South Korea National Security Office Director Kim Sung-han, to discuss the North Korean provocation.

North Korea has test-fired about 40 missiles over about 20 different launch events this year as its leader, Kim Jong Un, refuses to return to nuclear diplomacy with the United States, but Tuesday’s test was the most provocative yet.

Jean-Pierre declined to detail potential responses being weighed but underscored that administration officials stood ready to hold talks with North Korea without preconditions. The administration has repeatedly appealed to the North through backchannels but Pyongyang has been unresponsive.

“It’s unfortunate that the DPRK has not responded to our outreach,” she said.