The European Union and the foreign ministers of the G7 have issued a joint statement saying that they “strongly condemn” North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week. Stressing that the test violated UN sanctions and showed North Korea’s ongoing efforts to further expand its ballistic missile programme, the statement added that Pyongyang’s “reckless actions … threaten regional and international peace and security.” The group agreed that the test required a unified response from the international community, including “further measures” to be taken by the United Nation…