China, Russia block U.S. request on cutting off oil to N. Korea
- 6 years ago
The U.S. last week made a request to the UN Security Council,... to halt all oil shipments to North Korea, saying the regime has been violating sanctions.
China and Russia, however, are saying that they won't let that happen.... unless there's enough evidence that North Korea indeed violated sanctions.
Our Park Hee-jun has the details. China and Russia have turned down the United States' request to halt all shipments of refined oil products to North Korea.
The U.S., who made clear that it will maintain maximum pressure on Pyongyang until it completely denuclearizes,... made the request to the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee last week,... based on accusations that the North had breached sanctions.
It claimed that, as of May 30th,... there had been 89 illegal ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products by the regime this year.
The U.S. also asked for the committee to notify all U.N. member nations,... that North Korea used illegal imports to allow it to exceed the 500-thousand barrels a year of oil imports permitted by the resolution adopted by the council in December last year.
A report submitted by the U.S.,... says that North Korean tankers are assumed to have delivered more than 1-million-367-thousand barrels, which is nearly triple the quota.
China and Russia's support is needed for any oil cut-off to be enforced as the two countries provide large amounts of energy and oil to the North.
But they said,... they need more time and proof before approving the U.S. request.
Russia's UN mission said it's collecting information on "every single case" of illegal transfer of petroleum.
And the Chinese mission,... asked the U.S. to provide the facts that are needed to them to make the decision.
Their responses to the proposal are in line with their recommendations of easing sanctions on North Korea.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
China and Russia, however, are saying that they won't let that happen.... unless there's enough evidence that North Korea indeed violated sanctions.
Our Park Hee-jun has the details. China and Russia have turned down the United States' request to halt all shipments of refined oil products to North Korea.
The U.S., who made clear that it will maintain maximum pressure on Pyongyang until it completely denuclearizes,... made the request to the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee last week,... based on accusations that the North had breached sanctions.
It claimed that, as of May 30th,... there had been 89 illegal ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products by the regime this year.
The U.S. also asked for the committee to notify all U.N. member nations,... that North Korea used illegal imports to allow it to exceed the 500-thousand barrels a year of oil imports permitted by the resolution adopted by the council in December last year.
A report submitted by the U.S.,... says that North Korean tankers are assumed to have delivered more than 1-million-367-thousand barrels, which is nearly triple the quota.
China and Russia's support is needed for any oil cut-off to be enforced as the two countries provide large amounts of energy and oil to the North.
But they said,... they need more time and proof before approving the U.S. request.
Russia's UN mission said it's collecting information on "every single case" of illegal transfer of petroleum.
And the Chinese mission,... asked the U.S. to provide the facts that are needed to them to make the decision.
Their responses to the proposal are in line with their recommendations of easing sanctions on North Korea.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.