The U.S. and its allies made desperate efforts to block the DPRK's victorious advance and finally cooked up the UNSC's "resolution" in violation of the inviolable sovereignty of the DPRK, the vice-president said, and went on:

This unreasonable action taken by the UNSC in violation of a sovereign state's right to satellite launch for peaceful purposes deserves condemnation.

The DPRK can never become a target of sanctions as it continues legitimately exercising its independent and legal right to satellite launch for peaceful purposes in line with the universally accepted international law on the use of space for peaceful purposes.

All the measures taken by the DPRK are to defend its sovereignty.

Daniel Dediu, chairman of the Romanian Workers' Association, said in his statement on the same day in support of the statements of the DPRK National Defence Commission and the Foreign Ministry:

The UNSC's recent "resolution" is a product of high-handed and arbitrary practices of the U.S.

And it clearly indicates that the UN whose mission is to ensure world peace has been reduced to a servant for some big countries, bereft of impartiality.

We denounce and reject the UNSC's "resolution" against the DPRK and extend full support and solidarity to its decisive stand.

Only victory and glory are in store for the Korean people under the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

No one can block the advance of the Korean people.