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Russia blocks UNSC statement against North Korea: VOA

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The UN Security Council is unlikely to publish a press statement on North Korea’s missile tests because of Russia’s month-long opposition, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Tuesday.

After Pyongyang’s mid-range ballistic missile tests on April 28, members of the Security Council discussed publishing the statement. It took only one day to release a statement against the DPRK’s submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on April 23.

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