China, Russia blocked UN Security Council statement on North Korea’s missile testing

The Security Council of the The UN on Friday discussed the latest missile tests carried out by North Korea, without being able to reach an agreement on a joint declaration as desired by France, diplomatic sources reported.

The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, It lasted just over an hour and was requested by the United States, France and the United Kingdom. His goal was examine the launch by Pyongyang this week of a missile presented as hypersonic by the North Koreans.

Thusday North Korea said it had successfully tested a “newly developed” anti-aircraft missile.

“France wanted a press release, but Russia and China said now is not the time, that it took time to analyze the situation, ”he told the agency AFP on condition of anonymity a diplomat from a member country of the Council.

Since 2017, when the administration of Donald Trump unanimously passed the Council three rounds of strong economic sanctions against North Korea after Pyongyang carried out nuclear and missile tests., the Security Council has never found a common position.

China and Russia have repeatedly requested, but unsuccessfully, a Partial lifting of sanctions, while the new administration of Joe Biden has yet to finalize, eight months after taking office, a clear strategy vis-à-vis North Korea.

Thursday, the Secretary of State of the United States, Antoine Blinkstated that North Korea is increasing instability with the testing of various weapons, one of which he claims Pyongyang, it was a hypersonic glide missile.

“We are concerned about these repeated violations of Security Council resolutions which create greater prospects of instability and insecurity.“said Blinken.

Blinken said the United States cannot confirm whether North Korea has tested a slide missile. hypersonic, a projectile that would travel at five times the speed of sound. “We are evaluating the versions,” said Blinken, “To understand exactly what they did, what technology they used.”

Meanwhile, North Korean media reported that the leader Kim Jong-un refuses to dialogue with the United States, declaring that he maintains his policy “hostile“, But at the same time reaches out to the South at a time marked by rising military tensions on the peninsula.

According to Kim Jong-un the “dialogue without conditions“Offered by Washington is”a facade to deceive the international community and disguise its hostilities, and is only an extension of the hostile policy pursued by previous American administrations”.

“As the actions of the past eight months after the new US administration clearly demonstrate, their hostile political and military threat against us has not changed at all.Kim said in a parliamentary session held in Pyongyang on Wednesday and reported by the state agency. KCNA.

“If their ways and ways of expressing themselves get trickier“, added the North Korean leader.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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