China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea

China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea

A sign of divisions between Washington and Beijing on several foreign policy issues was on display Thursday when China and the U.S. locked horns at the U.N. Security Council. China joined Russia in veteoing the U.S.' draft resolution on North Korea sanctions, obtained by CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk. 

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-2 and marked a first serious division among the five veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N.'s most powerful body on a North Korea sanctions resolution.

A European diplomat familiar with the negotiations for the Resolution told CBS News that the U.S. had been advised to delay the vote to avoid a veto, as that could embolden North Korea. 

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