Shop disinfection in Pyongyang. File photo UN, May 27. It is irresponsible to propose new sanctions against the DPRK amid the coronavirus outbreak, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's permanent representative to the organization, said at a UN Security Council meeting. Earlier, Russia and China vetoed a US resolution on strengthening sanctions against the DPRK. The remaining members of the Security Council voted in favor.
"Unfortunately, COVID-19 still entered the DPRK. The epidemiological situation there is extremely difficult. We believe that it is completely irresponsible to propose new sanctions when the North Koreans are faced with a challenge that should allow us to consider the possibility of providing assistance to the country" the potential of hardliners led by the United States, who ruined the positive developments around the Korean Peninsula that took place a few years ago,” he added. «The sanctions package adopted against Pyongyang in 2016-2017 hit, first of all, the lives of ordinary North Koreans,» he said. During the pandemic, the country had a shortage of medicines, the economy sank, Nebenzya said.Nebenzya declared the new sanctions against the DPRK useless