With the exception of Russia and China, all Security Council members criticized North Korea’s launch, recalling that it violates several United Nations resolutions, many of which called for additional measures against the government of Pyongyang, already subject to severe international sanctions.
However, these new sanctions seem impossible at the moment given the position of Russia and China, who already vetoed a resolution to that effect last May and maintained a similar line this Wednesday.
Both Moscow and Beijing accused United States and its allies of the most recent North Korean weapons tests, ensuring they were conducted in response to its military maneuvers in the region.
“It is clear that the Pyongyang missile launches are the result of the short-sighted and belligerent military activity across the country by the United States,” the Russian representative said during the session. Anna Evstigneeva.
Source: El heraldo
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