North Korea said Sunday that it had carried out a “very important test” at a satellite launch facility.

A spokesman in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency that the successful test on Saturday was of “great significance” to Pyongyang.

“The results of the recent important test will have an important effect on changing the strategic position of the DPRK once again in the near future,” the spokesman added.

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The reported test comes after President TrumpDonald John TrumpPence: It’s not a “foregone conclusion” that lawmakers impeach Trump FBI identifies Pensacola shooter as Saudi Royal Saudi Air Force second lieutenant Trump calls Warren ‘Pocahontas,’ knocks wealth tax MORE announced at NATO meeting in London last week that the U.S. would use force against North Korea if needed.

When asked by reporters about North Korea’s continuous missile tests, the president responded that the U.S. has the most powerful military internationally and he would utilize it against North Korea “if we have to.”

The president also resurfaced the nickname “Rocket Man” for North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong Un North Korea’s UN ambassador: Denuclearization is off the table Biden: Trump is ‘ripping the soul out of this country’ North Korea takes shot at Trump: ‘Senility of a dotard’ MORE during his comments.

A North Korean official responded by saying that her office could not “contain its displeasure” over the president’s comments, and added that if he continues, Trump “will again show the senility of a dotard.”

North Korea also said week that the U.S. will decide what kind of “Christmas gift” it wants as the end-of-the-year deadline for negotiations on denuclearization approaches.

Talks have stalled for months, with North Korea last month calling U.S. efforts “sickening.”

–This developing report will be updated.

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