00:00In vetoing the mandate renewal of the 1718 Committee Panel of Experts,
00:07Russia's Center for Armament Research's independent findings corroborate what we say are engaging in unlawful arms transfers.
00:18Alarmingly, we assess that Russia may be close to accepting North Korea's nuclear weapons program,
00:26reversing Moscow's decade-long commitment to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
00:33We believe that Moscow will become more reluctant not only to criticize Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons,
00:41but also further obstruct passage of sanctions or resolutions condemning North Korea's destabilizing behavior as we've already seen.
00:52We call on Russia, an NPT depository state, and Foreign Minister Lavrov's declaration
01:00that the notion of denuclearizing North Korea is a quote, closed issue, unquote,
01:08is a reckless departure from the agreed principle of complete, verifiable, and irreversible disarmament
01:17and undermines the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
01:47The Korean-Russia relationship is based on the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
02:14between the DPRK and the Russian Federation that comes into effect in recent weeks.
02:21It promotes the welfare of the people of both countries and serves as a security mechanism
02:28for easing tensions in the region and guaranteeing strategic stability of the world.
02:34It becomes a positive contribution to international peace and security and can by no means be subject to criticism.
02:43The DPRK will never tolerate the arbitrary and high-handed practice of the United States
02:50and its following forces in their attempt to impose a hegemonic and unipolar system of domination.
02:57On Friday, when Russia used the DPRK missile in its massive strike against Ukraine,
03:03thus a break of the nuclear war in Northeast Asia is no longer a possibility but a matter of time.
03:33North Korea has a history of provocative actions during U.S. presidential transitions
03:39designed to grab attention, raise the stakes, and set the stage for direct negotiations with the new U.S. administration.
03:47This pattern can recur within the upcoming months.
03:52This time it could be another ICBM or military satellite launch or even its seventh nuclear test.
04:00...emboldening the DPRK to continuous ballistic missile launches...
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