Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador says no member of the U.N. security Council spoke out against imposing new sanctions against North Korea during the council’s closed-door emergency meeting on Pyongyang’s announced nuclear test.
A statement issued by the council after emergency closed-door consultations on Wednesday called the test “a clear violation” of council resolutions, adding “therefore a clear threat to international peace and security continues to exist.”
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter spoke by phone Wednesday to his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo, and they agreed that a North Korean nuclear test would be an “unacceptable and irresponsible provocation,” according to Carter’s press secretary, …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
