Congratulating the DPRK's scientists and technicians on the success in the test-fire of Pukguksong-2, the Russian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK said in its statement:

The successive successful test-fire displayed once again the indomitable will of the Korean people under the wise leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un and their big progress in the field of rocket.

Under his guidance, the DPRK is demonstrating its dignity as a nuclear power in the East.

The recent final test-fire of ballistic missile enhanced the might of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army.

We wish the Korean people greater success in the work to bolster up the national defence capability.

The British Association for the Study of Songun Policy, the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Korean Friendship Association UK and the British preparatory committee for Gathering 2017-Praise to the Great Persons of Mt Paektu in a joint statement fully supported the DPRK's bolstering of nuclear deterrence, saying that the recent test-fire was part of its step for self-defence to cope with the U.S. imperialists' escalating moves to stifle it.