North Korea has denounced the United Nations secretary-general’s criticism of its satellite launch, state media KCNA reported on Friday.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned North Korea’s military satellite launch on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the U.N. chief said.

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the military satellite launch conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General, said in a statement.

The secretary-general added any launch by Pyongyang using ballistic missile technology was “contrary” to the relevant Security Council resolutions.

North Korea satellite launch: North Korea will continue to exercise its sovereign rights including launching military spy satellites, the report said.

North Korea will continue to exercise its sovereign rights including launching military spy satellites, the report said