China's Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 8 To normalize the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the United States must ease sanctions on the DPRK and stop military exercises in the region, Chinese Permanent Representative Zhang Jun said on the UN platform. not only talk about readiness for dialogue without preconditions,» said the representative of the People's Republic of China, speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. According to him, «the United States can do a lot, such as easing sanctions against the DPRK in certain areas, stopping joint (with South Korea) military exercises.» increase in pressure.» «The UN Security Council's tough sanctions against the DPRK are unprecedented and affect more than nuclear missiles,» the Chinese envoy said. Last week, Russia and China vetoed a US-proposed resolution to tighten sanctions against the DPRK over a series of new missile tests. As the Chinese representative said, Russia and China submitted their own resolution, which should improve the humanitarian situation for the inhabitants of the DPRK, will contribute to the political settlement of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and expressed the hope that the members of the Security Council will consider it in a positive way. On Sunday, the DPRK launched eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the Japanese seas. This is the DPRK's 18th missile test since the beginning of the year, including launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a ballistic missile for submarines, systems for a space satellite and a new tactical system for nuclear weapons. In response, South Korea and the United States conducted their own missile launches.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/d2a3b0cbf5a1f2d9fd9a26da2d72473f.jpg" />South Korea and the United States conducted missile launches in response to North Korean tests
