Beijing, Moscow ‘Encouraging’ North Korea Missile Launches, Says US

The United States on Monday accused China and Russia of “encouraging” North Korean missile launches by thwarting a united response from the UN Security Council on the issue.

US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield slammed Beijing and Moscow for refusing “to engage in good-faith diplomacy,” and charged that their “obstructionism within the Council encourages North Korea to launch ballistic missiles with impunity.”

“How many times must the DPRK violate its UN Security Council resolution obligations before China and Russia stop shielding the DPRK regime?” Thomas-Greenfield requested at a Council assembly, utilizing an acronym for North Korea’s official title, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Last May, China and Russia vetoed a decision imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang.

The Security Council has not adopted any resolutions on the difficulty since, regardless of a number of missile launches by North Korea, the most recent going down over the weekend.

The Security Council final acted in unison on North Korea in 2017. Under then-president Donald Trump, Washington spearheaded three unanimous resolutions imposing three rounds of heavy financial sanctions on Pyongyang after missile and nuclear assessments.

In a joint assertion on Monday, 9 members of the Council, together with the United States, France, Japan and South Korea, denounced “an unprecedented quantity” of missile launches, saying the “growing crisis threatens not only the region but global peace and stability.”

“The DPRK is testing the council’s resolve and goal and the Council should act,” read the statement.

China and Russia reject any responsibility for the missile launches, saying that it is Washington’s joint military exercises with South Korea that are to blame.

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