North Korea's minister of foreign affairs on Monday denounced last week's suspension of Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council, calling it an "unreasonable act" led by the United States and the West to maintain political hegemony.
The U.S.-led push to suspend Russia from the U.N. body over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" garnered 93 votes in favor, while 24 countries voted no and 58 countries abstained, prompting Moscow to announce it was quitting the body.
"What the U.S. is after ... is to isolate the independent countries, and forces challenging them at the international arena, so as to maintain its illegal and inhumane U.S.-led hegemonic order," the minister said, according to a statement carried by state news agency KCNA.
