China and Russia on Friday ignored a U.S. call for the U.N. Security Council to unite in condemning North Korea for its attempted satellite launch this week and instead blamed Washington for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula. DPRK are the initials of North Korea's official name. Geng responded to this by saying there was a need for real dialogue that took North Korea's concerns into account. Lana Nusseibeh, ambassador of current Security Council Chair the United Arab Emirates, noted that North Korea had given some advance warning of the launch, but added that "such warnings neither legitimize, nor minimize, the illegality of the DPRK's launch." U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this week that any launch by Pyongyang using ballistic missile technology breaches Security Council resolutions.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 03, 2023 08:10 UTC