Blinken: North Korea’s tests are 'profoundly destabilizing'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday criticized North Korea’s latest missile tests, describing them as “profoundly destabilizing”.

“Some months ago, we made clear that we were prepared to engage the North Koreans, to sit down with no preconditions, to see if we could find a way forward with them at the table toward the total denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. We’ve made clear that we have no hostile intent toward North Korea, and we’ve waited to see if they are prepared to engage,” Blinken told MSNBC in an interview.