North Korea has condemned US strikes on Iran, calling it a violation of the United Nations charter and blaming the tension in the Middle East on the “reckless valor of Israel”, AFP reports.

It marks nuclear-armed North Korea’s first commentary on the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.

“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea strongly denounces the attack on Iran by the US which severely violated the UN Charter with respect for sovereignty,” said a spokesperson of the North’s foreign ministry, according to a statement carried by the state news agency.

The ongoing regional tension was an “inevitable product brought by the reckless valor of Israel”, the unnamed spokesperson added, claiming the Jewish state “has promoted its unilateral interests through ceaseless war moves and territorial expansion”.