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The US envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, has said that the time for talk on North Korea is "over," and that another weak UNSC resolution is "worse than nothing." Tensions are flaring over Pyongyang's recent tests of what it said were intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Haley noted that "an additional Security Council resolution that does not significantly increase the international pressure on North Korea is of no value" and it "sends the message to the North Korean dictator that the international community is unwilling to seriously challenge him," according to the envoy's statement cited by AFP.
"The time for talk is over," the US envoy added.
She urged China to "decide whether it is finally willing to take this vital step."
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump tweeted that "they [China] do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue," adding that it shouldn't take much for Beijing to "solve this problem!"
In mid-July, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a news briefing that, "Recently, certain people, talking about the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, have been exaggerating and giving prominence to the so-called 'China responsibility theory'."
"I think this either shows lack of a full, correct knowledge of the issue, or there are ulterior motives for it, trying to shift responsibility," the official emphasized.
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