Amb. Nikki Haley said Russia is pressuring U. N. experts to alter an independent report implicating Russian actors in violations of North Korea sanctions.
The United States has called for an „urgent“ meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday to address recent efforts by „some member[’s]“ to „undermine and obstruct“ United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
The announcement from the U. S. Mission to the U. N. late Friday follows accusations by Amb. Nikki Haley that Russia is pressuring U. N. experts to alter an independent report implicating Russian actors in violations of North Korea sanctions.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday Russia has „actively attempted to undermine“ the U. N. Security Council resolutions on North Korea and called for the experts to release the original report.
„The United States is as committed as ever to continuing to enforce those U. N. Security Council resolutions,“ Pompeo told reporters. „We believe they are central to President Trump’s efforts to convince Chairman Kim that full, final denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is necessary.“
This is just the latest in a series of sanctions violations acknowledged by the Trump administration since President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a summit in Singapore in June. And despite the U. S. pushing international partners to maintain pressure on North Korea to denuclearize, full support from critical allies, Russia and China, has waned.
