QUESTION: Ambassador, what’s your response to Russia or China putting a hold on your sanctions request?
AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: We have these sanctions for a reason, and for any Member State to oppose putting sanctions on that have been agreed to by the entire Security Council gives, in my view, the DPRK a blank check, as I said before.
And it is important that we send a unified message as we said today.
QUESTION: Ambassador, on Ukraine, isn’t it time for the Council now to have a meeting on Ukraine if you want to stop Putin.
As President Biden said yesterday, he thinks he’s going to invade. Would it not be a good idea to get the Council to meet now?
AMBASSADOR THOMAS-GREENFIELD: You know, we’re engaging with members of the Security Council.
I’m engaging with them on a regular basis. And when the time comes, we will be ready to bring this to the Council’s attention.
