UAE, Russia tell North Korea: ‘Stop your provocations’
abu dhabi — The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Russia urged North Korea on Tuesday to stop its provocations and obey United Nations resolutions, after Pyongyang’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan.
Speaking in Abu Dhabi, the two ministers offered a forceful warning for Pyongyang, with UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, particularly calling for North Korea to stop its “provocations.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is visiting the UAE as part of a three Gulf Arab nations tour over the ongoing diplomatic
the situation cannot continue to escalate between north Korea on one side and Japan and south Korea on the other Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE’s Foreign Minister
crisis involving Qatar, avoided discussing that dispute. He instead focused in part on North Korea.
“Regarding North Korea and the missile tests it is conducting, we stick to the resolutions of the UN Security Council and we insist on the fact that our North Korean neighbors should fully respect those resolutions,” Lavrov said. “We base our position on these statements during discussions in the Security Council and will do the same in the session, which as far as we understand is being planned now and which will be dedicated to discussing the last missile launches from North Korea.” Sheikh Abdullah went further. “The situation cannot continue to escalate between North Korea on one side and Japan and South Korea on the other,” he said. “North Korea cannot continue to disregard the UN Security Council resolutions and the UN’s call to stop its provocations.” —