Russia, China delay U.S. push for halt to refined petroleum to North Korea

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JULY 19, 2018 / 12:25 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Russia, China delay U.S. push for halt to refined petroleum to North Korea

Michelle Nichols
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China on Thursday delayed a U.S. push for a U.N. Security Council committee to order a halt to refined petroleum exports to North Korea, asking for more detail on a U.S. accusation that Pyongyang breached sanctions, diplomats said.

The United States last week complained to the 15-member 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.

It asked the committee to notify all U.N. member states that North Korea has breached a refined petroleum cap of 500,000 barrels a year - imposed by the council in December - and order an immediate halt to all transfers.

But Russia’s U.N. mission put a “hold” on the U.S. request on Thursday, telling the committee it is “seeking additional information on every single case of ‘illegal’ transfer of petroleum,” diplomats said.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-un/russia-china-delay-u-s-push-for-halt-to-refined-petroleum-to-north-korea-idUSKBN1K92GH

[pwb]

1. Trumps best friends did that to him?

Even after they complimented him? Geesh?

[soryang]

2. that excess of the one year limit if accurate would be a normal supply for one day

if North Korea could normalize it's economy.