"Dialogue and sanctions are separate" The United States calls North Korea to smuggle North Korea

North Korea has tried to trade on the high seas to avoid harsh economic sanctions against the UN Security Council. The United States has been officially revealed to the Security Council.

According to a Foreign Ministry including the Associated Press on 12 (local time), North Korea has illegally smuggled refined oil to the North Korea Sanctions Committee under the Council. of security.

According to UN Security Council Resolution 2397 adopted in December last year, Pyongyang is limited to 500,000 barrels of petroleum products that it can import each year.

According to a document submitted by the United States, North Korea transported refined oil on North Korea's sanctions to North Korea in 89 times from January to May of this year.

The United States also submitted a list of North Korean vessels involved in illegal trans-shipments and photographs of evidence. Tankers on the list may exceed 500,000 barrels per year even if only one-third of the tank is filled. The number of contraband has already exceeded the upper limit up to 89 times. Stressed that filling 90 percent of the vessel's capacity would reach 1366 7628 barrels, nearly three times the upper limit.

On November 29, the Japanese government also published photos relating to the suspicion that the North Korean tanker and the ship of unknown nationality are carrying the goods. Since the end of last year, Japan has proposed eight suspected transhipment cases from North Korea.

The United States is addressing this issue in order to inform Member States of North Korea's sanctions violations and to draw the attention of Member States on blocking new attempts from the North.

In particular, China and Russia, which explicitly demand the liberalization of the level of North Korean sanctions in the face of the US-DPRK dialogue, are also a warning.

State Secretary Mike Pompei also said on the 29th of last month that he was responsible for the illegal export of coal to the North through telephone exchanges with Wang Yi, secretary of the company. 39 Chinese State Foreign Affairs. And stressed the importance of full implementation of all Security Council resolutions on North Korean imports of refined petroleum, said State Department spokesman Heather Waugh.

Until the denuclearization of North Korea was brought about by the US question, dialogue and sanctions against North Korea were separated from each other. The position became clear.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Kofi Anna Guthech said at a press conference that "the process of the US-North Korea dialogue seems to be somewhat stagnant, I think there is a possibility that the dialogue may be a good end for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. "

New York = Correspondent of Shim Jae Woo [email protected]. kr