The USA they directly accused her today China and the Russia that they “encourage” its missile launches North Korea preventing a single response from the UN Security Council For this subject.

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield accused “three countries” of “refusing to engage in good faith diplomacy on this threat”: North Korea “which continues to ignore multiple offers of dialogue” and “Russia and China, whose obstruction in the SA encourages North Korea to launch ballistic missiles with impunity.”

“How many times does North Korea have to violate its obligations under Security Council resolutions before China and Russia stop serving as a shield for the North Korean regime?” the American diplomat emphasized during a meeting.

China and Russia vetoed a resolution last May that would have imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang, and no UN resolution or statement has been adopted since then, despite several missile launches by North Korea, the latest over the weekend.

The last Security Council unity moves on North Korea date back to 2017.

Under Donald Trump’s administration, the US had unanimously approved three UN resolutions that imposed three rounds of tough economic sanctions on Pyongyang following missile and nuclear tests.

In a joint statement, nine SA members (including the US, France and Japan), along with South Korea, today denounced “an unprecedented number” of missile launches that “threaten not only the region but global peace and stability”.

“North Korea is testing the resolve and raison d’être of the SA and it must act,” they added.

Beijing and Moscow reject responsibility for North Korean missile launches, blaming it on Washington, pointing in particular to joint military gymnasiums with South Korea.