US ambassador to UN warns US could sanction those who assist Pyongyang
The U. S. ambassador to the United Nations told countries Tuesday that they must join the effort to prevent North Korea from getting a nuclear weapon, warning they could face sanctions themselves if they help the rogue state achieve nuclearization.
Nikki Haley spoke ahead of a closed meeting of the U. N. Security Council called by the U. S. and council member Japan, along with South Korea, to discuss Pyongyang’s latest illicit ballistic missile launch.
«You either support North Korea or you support us, because that’s what it comes down to, » Haley told reporters.
Speaking of the enforcement of international sanctions, she added this warning: «The United States is not past looking at third-country entities who are helping North Korea, and putting sanctions on them, because if you are supporting North Korea, you are against the rest of the international community.»
FILE — This image made from video of an undated still image broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea’s KRT on Monday, May 15,2017, shows leader Kim Jong Un at what was said to be a missile test site at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
Council members met Tuesday following Pyongyang’s May 14 launch of a mid- to long-range missile that traveled 800 kilometers before landing in the sea west of Japan.
Strong condemnation
It was North Korea’s second missile test in as many weeks, and came just four days after Moon Jae-in took office as president of South Korea.
