A group of tourists bow before statues of late leaders Kim Il-Sung (L) and Kim Jong-Il (R), on Mansu hill in Pyongyang, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on July 23, 2017. (AFP Photo)

MOSCOW, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A possible new U.N. Security Council resolution on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue should not seek to economically suffocate Pyongyang, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Monday.

Some U.N. Security Council members are drafting a new resolution to exert pressure on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Gatilov told a news briefing.

The senior diplomat said Russia does not agree on some points of the document under discussion, including an attempt to "economically strangle the DPRK."

Russia condemns Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, and the new U.N. resolution should exactly target this area, but it does not so far, said Gatilov.

Earlier this month, the DPRK declared that it successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, the latest of a string of missile and nuclear tests that have incurred U.N. sanctions and worldwide criticism.