RAMALLAH, Monday, May 13, 2024 (WAFA) – North Korea expressed its full support of the United Nations resolution for Palestine's full membership, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said Sunday, criticizing the United States for vetoing the move.

The remark came after the U.N. General Assembly urged the Security Council to give "favorable consideration" to full Palestinian membership on Friday.

"The DPRK fully supports it," a spokesperson for the North's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency, noting that the rights of Palestinians are "mercilessly violated" by the U.S.

DPRK stands for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Last month, the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have recognized Palestine's full membership, a status that Palestinians had long sought at the U.N.

Palestine has been a "nonmember observer state" at the U.N. since 2012.

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