UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U. N…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U. N. ambassador accused the United States on Tuesday of imposing «an economic blockade» on his country and deploying nuclear assets on the Korean peninsula aimed at toppling leader Kim Jong Un.
Ja Song Nam said the U. S. push for countries to implement what he called «illegal and unjustifiable» U. N. sanctions on North Korea is part of America’s «frantic attempt to completely block our peaceful economy for people’s everyday lives and humanitarian cooperation.»
«The U. S. is clinging to unprecedented nuclear threats and blackmail, economic sanctions and blockade to deny our rights to existence and development, but they only result in our sharper vigilance and greater courage,» he told the General Assembly committee that deals with economic and financial issues.
The U. N. Security Council has imposed its toughest sanctions ever on North Korea in response to its continuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests, with the aim of pressuring Kim’s government into returning to negotiations on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.
The measures include a ban on countries importing North Korean coal, iron ore and textiles and new limits on its crucial oil and petroleum product imports.
