Washington, May 27 (UNI) China and Russia vetoed the further tighten of United Nations sanctions on North Korea after the latter carried out a spate of missile launches this year, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.
This is the first time there was a split among the five veto-wielding permanent members of the UN’s most powerful body since it began sanctioning Pyongyang in 2006.
All the remaining 13 council members voted in favour of the resolution that was drafted by the United States and proposed the banning tobacco and oil exports to North Korea. The veto would also have blacklisted the Lazarus hacking group, which the US says is tied to North Korea.