Nebenzya said that further sanctions against the DPRK are hopeless

“Increased sanctions pressure on Pyongyang is not only futile, but also extremely dangerous from the point of view of the consequences of such measures,” TASS quoted Nebenzi as saying at a meeting of the Security Council.

According to him, the sanctions package adopted against the DPRK in 2016-2017 first of all hit the lives of ordinary citizens of the country.

Earlier, Russia and China vetoed in the UN Security Council a draft US resolution on strengthening sanctions against the DPRK.