Russia will support a UN resolution on N. Korea
Published: 28 May, 2009, 19:16
TAGS: Arms, Meeting, Military, UN, Asia
Andrey Nesterenko from the Russian Foreign Ministry says that the country will not object to a new UN Security Council resolution on the situation surrounding North Korea.
The spokesman has, however, noted that Moscow does not want to see North Korea isolated:
“We think that de facto international isolation of North Korea would be counterproductive. The possibility of dialog with Pyongyang must remain,” he said on Thursday.
“We have no reasons to object to the new resolution of the UN Security Council on North Korea. It would be premature to discuss modalities of the UN Security Council decisions concerning possible sanctions against North Korea and their scale,” he added.
Nevertheless, according to Nesterenko, Russia sees the continuation of the now suspended Six-Party negotiations to be the only way to resolve the North Korean issue.
“In the opinion of Moscow, the Six-Party negotiations remain the sole way to resolve the nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula,” Nesterenko said.
Japan has already submitted its version of the Security Council resolution, a RIA Novosti source in the UN told the news agency.
According to him, the resolution project has been compiled on the basis of the elements which were discussed on Thursday with the Japanese and South Korean delegations.
The resolution will be discussed once again on Thursday afternoon when the Security Council meets with the delegations again.
The resolution follows the Security Council strongly objecting to the nuclear tests which North Korea conducted on May 25.
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North Korea Beware-This Is Not The 1950's Any Longer! North Korea threatens to attack the US and South Korean ships, if their ships are stopped and searched for weapons, or nuclear technology shipments. I hope the Dear Leader of North Korea is bluffing. Because he would not want to mess with the USA militarily. This is not the 1950's technology he will be facing in retaliation from the USA and her ally South Korea any longer. The retaliation will be from the Air via B52 Bombers, Drones, Cruise Missiles, and from the Air Craft Carriers at sea. And rest assured, that the USA and South Korea's response will be Swift, Lethal, Devastating, and Targeted, at all and any military installation of value. Derryck. NYC.