04:20Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that Western countries had 'deceived' the world about the need to impose sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok on Friday.
"The West again deceived, lied, made the world community believe them, saying at the time that that was necessary in order to ensure security, in order to prevent such a dead-end development of events in the region, and so on. And in fact, now we see that it was literally an anti-people measure, a measure of such an absolutely inhuman attitude. They do not see the suffering, the hardships, or the deadlock of the situation behind the decisions," she said.
Zakharova also added that Russia was in favour of resolving the situation on the Korean Peninsula on the basis of the principles of 'justice, law and legitimacy'.
"We [Russia] were one of the few who prevented, so to speak, the… issue from being finally resolved - well, this is a classic Western expression - the way they (the West) would like to do it. Not to settle the problem, but to make it so that neither the country nor the people in general exist internationally as a sovereign, independent entity with its own national interests," she said.
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on the DPRK following nuclear tests, in October 2006. A special Committee was established to monitor their implementation.
The sanctions were subsequently expanded several times. The United States, the European Union, South Korea and Japan have imposed additional restrictions.
Last March, Russia used its veto to block the extension of the mandate for the group of experts monitoring the enforcement of sanctions, while China abstained. Moscow claimed the work of the committee was "increasingly being reduced to playing into the hands of Western approaches, reprinting biased information and analysing newspaper headlines and poor quality photos."
West 'deceived' world community about necessity of sanctions against DPRK - Russian FM spox Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that Western countries had 'deceived' the world about the need to impose sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok on Friday.
"The West again deceived, lied, made the world community believe them, saying at the time that that was necessary in order to ensure security, in order to prevent such a dead-end development of events in the region, and so on. And in fact, now we see that it was literally an anti-people measure, a measure of such an absolutely inhuman attitude. They do not see the suffering, the hardships, or the deadlock of the situation behind the decisions," she said.
Zakharova also added that Russia was in favour of resolving the situation on the Korean Peninsula on the basis of the principles of 'justice, law and legitimacy'.
"We [Russia] were one of the few who prevented, so to speak, the… issue from being finally resolved - well, this is a classic Western expression - the way they (the West) would like to do it. Not to settle the problem, but to make it so that neither the country nor the people in general exist internationally as a sovereign, independent entity with its own national interests," she said.
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on the DPRK following nuclear tests, in October 2006. A special Committee was established to monitor their implementation.
The sanctions were subsequently expanded several times. The United States, the European Union, South Korea and Japan have imposed additional restrictions.
Last March, Russia used its veto to block the extension of the mandate for the group of experts monitoring the enforcement of sanctions, while China abstained. Moscow claimed the work of the committee was "increasingly being reduced to playing into the hands of Western approaches, reprinting biased information and analysing newspaper headlines and poor quality photos."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that Western countries had 'deceived' the world about the need to impose sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok on Friday.
"The West again deceived, lied, made the world community believe them, saying at the time that that was necessary in order to ensure security, in order to prevent such a dead-end development of events in the region, and so on. And in fact, now we see that it was literally an anti-people measure, a measure of such an absolutely inhuman attitude. They do not see the suffering, the hardships, or the deadlock of the situation behind the decisions," she said.
Zakharova also added that Russia was in favour of resolving the situation on the Korean Peninsula on the basis of the principles of 'justice, law and legitimacy'.
"We [Russia] were one of the few who prevented, so to speak, the… issue from being finally resolved - well, this is a classic Western expression - the way they (the West) would like to do it. Not to settle the problem, but to make it so that neither the country nor the people in general exist internationally as a sovereign, independent entity with its own national interests," she said.
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on the DPRK following nuclear tests, in October 2006. A special Committee was established to monitor their implementation.
The sanctions were subsequently expanded several times. The United States, the European Union, South Korea and Japan have imposed additional restrictions.
Last March, Russia used its veto to block the extension of the mandate for the group of experts monitoring the enforcement of sanctions, while China abstained. Moscow claimed the work of the committee was "increasingly being reduced to playing into the hands of Western approaches, reprinting biased information and analysing newspaper headlines and poor quality photos."