UNITED NATIONS – China asserted on Monday that it “strictly” implements U.N. sanctions on North Korea, reacting to a letter from the Group of Seven, European Union and others that urged Beijing to cease Pyongyang from evading the measures by utilizing Chinese waters.
The letter despatched on Friday expressed concern about “the continuing presence of multiple oil tankers … that use your territorial waters in Sansha Bay as refuge to facilitate their trade of sanctioned petroleum products” to North Korea.
It was signed by G7 members – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Britain – plus Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and the EU and got here forward of a go to to North Korea this week by a high-level Chinese delegation.
“China has always been strictly implementing #UNSC resolutions and seriously fulfilling international obligations,” China’s U.N. mission spokesperson posted on Twitter in response to a Reuters report on the letter to China’s U.N. envoy Zhang Jun.
“China urges relevant parties to fully implement UNSC resolutions on the DPRK, especially provisions related to resuming dialogue, strengthening diplomatic efforts, and promoting political settlement,” the spokesperson mentioned.
North Korea, formally named Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been topic to U.N. sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and ballistic missile applications. So-called six-party denuclearization talks – between North Korea, South Korea, China, the United States, Russia and Japan – stalled in 2009.
Talks between North Korean chief Kim Jong Un and then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 and 2019 additionally failed. China and Russia have since pushed for U.N. sanctions to be eased for humanitarian functions and to entice Pyongyang again to talks.
China mentioned final yr that the important thing to fixing the problem of North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear applications was within the United States’ palms, urging Washington to point out “more sincerity and flexibility” if it desires a breakthrough.
At a U.N. Security Council assembly earlier this month on Pyongyang’s newest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jeffrey DeLaurentis mentioned the United States was dedicated to diplomacy.
“Publicly and privately, and at senior levels, we have repeatedly urged the DPRK to engage in dialogue. We have made clear that we have no preconditions for engagement, and we are prepared to discuss any topic of concern to Pyongyang. The DPRK has not responded to our offers,” he advised the council. – Reuters
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