U.S. urges strict U.N. sanctions until North Korea acts on denuclearization

NewsBharati    21-Jul-2018
Total Views |

United Nations, July 21: The most historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been termed as the most memorable summit after the series of uncertainty prevailing on the meeting. Claiming to stand by their words on denuclearization which was one of the most important base of the summit, United States called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday to act on his promise to give up nuclear weapons and said the world, including China and Russia, must continue to enforce sanctions until he does so.

After briefing U.N. Security Council envoys in New York, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned against loosening sanctions on Pyongyang after Russia and China suggested the council could discuss such a move.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

U.S. President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader met for the first time in Singapore last month and Pompeo followed up with inconclusive talks with North Korea this month. He reiterated on Friday that he had made progress. Pompeo also called for an end to sanctions violations and Haley said the best way the talks between the United States and North Korea could be supported was by enforcing, not easing, sanctions.

The United States last week complained to the U.N. Security Council North Korea sanctions committee that as of May 30, there had been 89 illicit ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products this year by Pyongyang, breaching a U.N. sanctions cap.

The US President Donald Trump had met with Kim, last month, for a summit in Singapore during which the North Korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearization of the peninsula. But, the accord did not spell out a timetable for the process or say how it would be carried out.