BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it has summoned in North Korea's ambassador to officially protest the country's successful launch of a three-stage rocket.
The rocket put North Korea's first satellite into space but it was similar in design to a model capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday called it a "deliberate provocation" which "irresponsibly violated (North Korea's) international obligations and increased tensions in the region."
The Foreign Ministry said the ambassador was called in to make sure Germany's concerns were "conveyed without any possibility of misunderstanding." Westerwelle says he also instructed Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang to file an official protest.
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