The UN does not plan to participate in the ministerial meeting on the DPRK, which will be chaired by the United States and Canada in Vancouver on January 16.
This was stated on Monday by the official representative of the Secretary General of the World Organization Stefan Dujarric.
“As far as I know, the UN representative will not be there,” he said. Dujarrik drew attention to the fact that the meeting in Vancouver “is not relevant to the United Nations.”
January 16, 2018 in Vancouver will meet with foreign ministers of several countries on the situation on the Korean peninsula, which will be presided over by Canada and the United States. It is expected that the ministers of foreign affairs of 16 states, most of them – allies in the Korean War, who spoke against the DPRK, will take part in the negotiations.
Earlier on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the upcoming meeting harmful and denied allegations that Moscow allegedly supports the discussion in this format. He drew attention to the composition of the participants in the ministerial meeting, which includes Greece, Belgium, Colombia and Luxembourg, asking the question “what do they now have to do with efforts to resolve the Korean Peninsula problem.”
According to him, Russia and China were not invited to the event, suggesting representatives of Moscow and Beijing “drive up” to him January 16 in the evening after the main meetings to find out about the agreements reached. As the Russian minister said, the Russian side insisted that “the UN should not accept the invitation to this meeting.”
The situation around the Korean Peninsula sharply deteriorated last year as a result of tests of ballistic missiles of various types, including intercontinental ones, carried out in the DPRK, and the sixth nuclear test, when, according to experts, the hydrogen charge was blown up.
The US and its allies in the region, South Korea and Japan, responded with a sharp increase in military exercises, imitating, in particular, a blow to the DPRK.
In early January, Pyongyang and Seoul held talks, agreeing to resume the work of the hotline between the military of the two countries and conduct consultations on reducing tensions at the border.
In addition, the DPRK decided to participate in the Olympic Games, which will be held in South Korean Pyeongchang.
