Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution which proposed tougher sanctions on North Korea after the country's latest ballistic missile tests. Watch video 03:46 North Korea tests missiles – Frank Smith reportsInaugural split angers USUS officials described the split vote as a "sharp departure from the Council's track record of collective action on this issue." "Today's vote means North Korea will feel more free to take further escalatory actions," Jeffrey Prescott, deputy to the US Ambassador to the UN, posted on Twitter. Sanctions push was poorly timed, say analystsAnalysts and some diplomats said Washington may have miscalculated in its haste to impose actions over North Korea's missile tests. "I think it was a big mistake for the US to push for what was sure to fail rather than showing unified opposition to North Korea's actions," said Jenny Town, director of the US-based 38 North program, which analyzes events in and around North Korea.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 27, 2022 14:58 UTC