WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs issued the following press release:
The United States, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom are deeply disappointed by the outcome of today's vote on renewing the mandate of the United Nations Security Council's 1718 Committee Panel of Experts.
Despite our concerted efforts to negotiate in good faith, Russia's veto is nothing more than an attempt to silence independent, objective investigations into persistent violations of Security Council resolutions by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and by Russia itself, as it seeks military support from the DPRK to wage its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. The text r...