JERUSALEM, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Monday condemned the recent nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a day after Pyongyang said it tested a powerful new type of hydrogen bomb.
Israel's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the experiment is a "continuation" of DPRK's "pattern of defiance activity."
It urged DPRK to "comply with all Security Council resolutions on this issue and refrain from testing and developing weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems."
On Sunday, DPRK said it "successfully" detonated a hydrogen bomb that can be carried by an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The nuclear test, the sixth and the most powerful of its kind, was carried out in violation of United Nations resolutions.
The UN Security Council is scheduled on Monday to meet on the nuclear test following the request of the United States, Japan, Britain, France and South Korea.
