Rocking behind Korea

The UN Security Council unanimously finished the US DPRK resolution. It provides for the expansion of sanctions against North Korea, according to the UN Center for Information.

The resolution "expresses concern about the fact that receipts from the prohibited sale of weapons of the Korean People's Democratic Republic are used to create nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles." The UN Security Council called the DPRK to the immediate cessation of prohibited missile and nuclear activities. The desire for political and diplomatic settlement of tension on the Korean peninsula is also confirmed.

The UN sanctions list additionally includes 14 individuals, mainly civil servants and representatives of the DPRK trading companies.

Four North Korean organizations also fell under sanctions. This is Kumsan Corporation, according to some information, managed by the DPRK atomic energy General atomic energy; Founded by myboraits and payments on foreign trade operations, Koryo Bank; Strategic missile troops of the People's Army of the DPRK; Kangbong Trade Corporation. All assets of these legal entities should be frozen.

“The international community is united to take measures, and the pressure will not stop until North Korea fully fulfills the resolution of the Security Council,” said the US Permanent Representative to the UN at Nikki Haley. “Launches of missiles are threat to the international world and security, and the international community must respond to threat.”

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN Vladimir Safronkov opposed the increase in military activity in the region. “If we speak the language of ultimatums with each other, we will not budge a dead point,” Safronkov said at a meeting. “The confrontation logic is fraught with catastrophic consequences for both the Korean Peninsula and the region as a whole. It is absolutely obvious to us that the choice should be made in favor of the maximum involvement of diplomatic tools.”

In addition, the Russian representative demanded that the United States explain the reasons for the unilateral expansion of the sanctions list. On June 1 , three Russian companies and one Russian citizen were included in it for cooperation with the DPRK. This step causes bewilderment and deep disappointment, ”said Safronkov.“ We have repeatedly said that the mechanism of unilateral restrictions is illegal from the point of view of international law. ”

According to Safronkov, Russia "is forced to note that after the change of administration in the United States, sanctions remain by the inertia of the Constant of American politics." “Instead of starting to rake the blockages accumulated in bilateral relations, in Washington they take directly opposite, unfriendly steps that only complicate the normalization of dialogue and complicate cooperation in international affairs,” the Russian representative said.

In 2006, the UN Security Council first imposed sanctions against the DPRK in connection with the conduct of nuclear and missile tests in the country. Subsequently, sanctions have repeatedly tightened. The UN Security Council adopted the previous resolution on North Korea in November last year .