The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) accused European nations of "illogical thinking" on Saturday after they called a closed-door UN Security Council meeting to condemn missile launches by the DPRK earlier this week. 

Britain, Germany, France, Estonia and Belgium raised DPRK's latest missile firings at the UN Security Council on Thursday, calling them a provocative action that violated UN resolutions. 

The DPRK fired two short-range missiles off the east coast into the sea on Monday after a three-month halt. The launches, which officials have said were routine military drills, were personally overseen by its leader Kim Jong Un. 

"The illogical thinking and sophism of these countries are just gradually bearing a close resemblance to the United States, which is hostile to us," a DPRK foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement to state-run KCNA news agency. 

The spokesperson said the firings were part of "routine drills of our army," adding that condemning them is "nothing more than a logic that we should give up our right to self-defense." 

"The reckless behavior of these countries instigated by the U.S. will become a fuse that will trigger our yet another momentous reaction," it added. 

Kim Yo Jong, sister of DPRK's leader and a senior government official, defended Monday's launches as military drills, saying they were not meant to threaten anyone. 

(With input from Reuters)