Main image: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul speaks during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 25, 2024, in this photo captured from U.N. Web TV. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
During the open debate at the UN Security Council, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul stated that Russia is using its veto power as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to destroy the international non-proliferation regime.
This was reported by Yonhap.
“It is disappointing that the Russian Federation is receiving weapons and ammunition from North Korea, grossly violating numerous UN Security Council resolutions, while at the same time using its veto power to undermine the international non-proliferation regime,” said Cho.
He referred to Moscow's veto in March on a UN Security Council resolution extending the mandate of the expert group monitoring compliance with the sanctions regime concerning North Korea, which led to the cessation of the group's work at the end of April.
“We strongly urge Russia and North Korea to comply with the relevant Security Council resolutions that were unanimously adopted in this chamber,” the South Korean top diplomat added.
Earlier this month, a U.S. State Department official stated that since September of last year, Russia has received over 16,500 containers of ammunition and related materials from North Korea, and since the end of December last year, Russian military forces have launched more than 65 North Korean rockets at Ukraine.
