NATO chief calls for united response to North Korea

The head of NATO labelled North Korea's behaviour "reckless" on Sunday and called for a concerted international response to the isolated state's recent nuclear and missile tests.

Pyongyang carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date on September 3.

"The behaviour of North Korea is a global threat and requires a global response, and that of course also includes NATO," Jens Stoltenberg, the military alliance’s secretary-general, told the BBC.

NATO has not been directly involved in the crisis to date, but speculation has been mounting over whether the organisation's Article 5 - which says an attack on one member is an attack on all - would cover a North Korean offensive on the US Pacific territory of Guam.

Stoltenberg declined to clarify NATO's position on the matter, and instead stressed the need for a conflict-free resolution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula. "We are now totally focused on how we can contribute to a peaceful solution of the conflict," he said.

UCJ, UNILORIN.