The United States will again push for more UN sanctions on North Korea if it carries out a seventh nuclear test, despite opposition by China and Russia, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya.
China and Russia last week vetoed a US-led push to impose more UN sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, publicly splitting the UN Security Council for the first time since it started punishing Pyongyang in 2006.
Thomas-Greenfield has warned that North Korea is “actively preparing to conduct a nuclear test.” If that happens, she said on Tuesday, the United States “absolutely will” push again for more UN sanctions on Pyongyang.
“First of all we need to enforce the sanctions that we have,” she told reporters. “And we certainly – as we attempted in this last resolution – will push for additional sanctions.”
Source: TREND News Agency