The U.N. Security Council has failed to agree on a statement rebuking North Korea's recent launch of a missile that landed near Japan due to opposition from China, according to U.N. sources.
China had pressed the council to reject deployment of any anti-missile system in Northeast Asia in the envisaged statement, apparently reasserting its objection to the planned deployment of a U.S. anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea.
The United States, which had circulated the draft statement, did not accede to China's demand, the sources said.