In North Korea accompanying UN Department of Political Affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman was a former staffer of his who now works directly with Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Katrin Hett. UN's belated read-out below, along with a fast InnerCityPro.com summary of Feltman's December 12 press encounter, in which Inner City Press asked him about North Korea's arguments against sanctions, and if Secretary General Antonio Guterres has a role (apparently not). Now on December 15 in the UN Security Council, after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's speech, below, Russia's Permanent Representative Nebenzia said, "We are living through one of the most acute and dramatic phases of the situation on the Korean peninsula. Military rhetoric accompanied by a test of strength between the participants has led to a situation where people start to wonder whether there will be war or not. Russia has observed with concern the dangerous developments. We call on the NK authorities to return to the non proliferation regime of the NPT and the IAEA as a non-nuclear state. At the same time, it should be clear to everybody that the DPRK is hardly going to refrain from its nuclear and missile program while it feels a threat to its security. Diplomacy isn’t just sanctions. Sanctions aren’t diplomacy, as some partners are trying to convince us. There is a whole range of other methods within the diplomatic arsenal. Resolving the nuclear issue is not possible just through pressure. Incidentally, in response to the US secretary of state, the North Korean workers aren’t working in in Russia in slave like conditions. They’re working on a basis of an intergovernmental agreement with DPRK that guarantees their rights. We hope the US will be able to help resolve the crisis in the Korean peninsula. Two and a half months of quiet from Pyongyang were answered by the US by unannounced military exercises."
Thursday, December 21, 2017
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In North Korea accompanying UN Department of Political Affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman was a former staffer of his who now works directly with Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Katrin Hett. UN's belated read-out below, along with a fast InnerCityPro.com summary of Feltman's December 12 press encounter, in which Inner City Press asked him about North Korea's arguments against sanctions, and if Secretary General Antonio Guterres has a role (apparently not). Now on December 15 in the UN Security Council, after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's speech, below, Russia's Permanent Representative Nebenzia said, "We are living through one of the most acute and dramatic phases of the situation on the Korean peninsula. Military rhetoric accompanied by a test of strength between the participants has led to a situation where people start to wonder whether there will be war or not. Russia has observed with concern the dangerous developments. We call on the NK authorities to return to the non proliferation regime of the NPT and the IAEA as a non-nuclear state. At the same time, it should be clear to everybody that the DPRK is hardly going to refrain from its nuclear and missile program while it feels a threat to its security. Diplomacy isn’t just sanctions. Sanctions aren’t diplomacy, as some partners are trying to convince us. There is a whole range of other methods within the diplomatic arsenal. Resolving the nuclear issue is not possible just through pressure. Incidentally, in response to the US secretary of state, the North Korean workers aren’t working in in Russia in slave like conditions. They’re working on a basis of an intergovernmental agreement with DPRK that guarantees their rights. We hope the US will be able to help resolve the crisis in the Korean peninsula. Two and a half months of quiet from Pyongyang were answered by the US by unannounced military exercises."
