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North Korea: Russia and China Against Military Intervention

February 22, 2013
| Security
| Asia and the Pacific, Russia and Central Asia
The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers said today they would contest any foreign military intervention in North Korea after the state’s recent nuclear test . . . both ministers criticized North Korea’s nuclear test last week, with the Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi saying “We are against the carrying out of a nuclear test in North Korea . . . The U.N. Security Council should give an adequate response” . . . Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov added it is “vitally important not to . . . allow the situation to be used as a pretext for military intervention” . . . the comments by Russia and China are efforts to contain international reaction to the North Korean nuclear test and filter responses through the UN Security Council . . . the statements are also political warning signals to other Security Council members who may be considering unilateral actions beyond UN sanctions on Pyongyang.
       
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