China and Russia ignore US call at UN to condemn North Korea satellite launch

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China’s UN representative Geng Shuang said North Korea had “legitimate security concerns”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - China and Russia on Friday ignored a US call for the UN Security Council to unite in condemning North Korea forand instead blamed Washington for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

“We call on all council members to uphold the credibility of the council, join us in condemning this unlawful behaviour and urge the DPRK to not follow through on its stated plan to conduct another launch that will further pose a threat to international peace and security,” he said, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

After Mr Geng spoke, Mr Wood took the floor again to note that “the representative from the Chinese delegation did not at any point condemn this DPRK space launch”. “The US has been saying that the door of diplomacy is open, but at the same time, they have been consistently doing military activities in the peninsula and surrounding areas,” he said.

 

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