Economics
Haley Slams Russia for ‘Cheating’ on North Korea Sanctions
- Emergency meeting follows report on sanctions breaking
- Russia’s envoy says North Korea given only ‘empty promises’
Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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The U.S. envoy to the United Nations accused Russia of “actively working to undermine” international sanctions against North Korea as pressure rises on the Trump administration three months after the president met Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
“Why after voting for sanctions 11 different times is Russia backing away from them? We know the answer. Its because Russia has been cheating. And now they’ve been caught,” Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday in an emergency session of the Security Council she called late last week.