The UN Security Council was not able to adopt a draft resolution on toughening sanctions against the DPRK due to launches of ballistic missiles. Permanent members of the Council of Security of Russia and China used the right of veto, the rest of the countries voted “for”, reports RBC.
It takes nine votes “for” and the absence of a veto on the part of the permanent members of the Council (in addition to Russia and China, these are the United States, France and Great Britain).
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The project was prepared by the United States, it was aimed at reducing the permissible volume of exports of oil and oil products in the DPRK. Washington also offered Pyongyang to ban the export of mineral fuel and oil.
The constant representative of Russia at the UN Vasily Nebenzya, explaining his voice “against,” said that Washington did not take into account the comments of Moscow. According to the diplomat, to expand sanctions against the DPRK “not only hopelessly, but also extremely dangerous in terms of the consequences of such measures”.