Thursday, September 7, 2017

China Will Support More Sanctions On North Korea



VOA: China Offers Support for UN Efforts on N. Korea Nuclear Issue

WHITE HOUSE — China says it will support the United Nations taking further measures against North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test.

"Given the new developments on the Korean peninsula," Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday during a news conference in Beijing, "the U.N. Security Council should respond further and take necessary measures" to deal with the crisis.

But Wang also stressed that "sanctions and pressure" must be go hand in hand with "dialogue and negotiation" with Pyongyang. China is North Korea's biggest diplomatic and economic ally, and contends that tighter sanctions against Pyongyang will do little to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula.

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WNU Editor: Is China serious about more North Korean sanctions? The Chinese are saying that they are, but I guess it depends on the details. Case in point .... will they support an oil embargo .... at the moment there is no commitment from them on going that far .... US desire for oil embargo puts China in tight spot (The Straits Times/NYT).

More News On China Is Willing To Support More Sanctions On North Korea

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China backs UN to take 'necessary measures' against North Korea's latest nuclear testing -- NEWS.com.au
China Could Be Turning on North Korea After Its Latest Nuclear Test, With More UN Sanctions Possible -- Newsweek

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well..that's nice of China -appreciate it. But it feels like lip service now that north Korea has made so much progress. You can't white wash your actions that easily, China. You are still the country that made the most money off this situation, the country that sold military tech to north Korea and provided political cover until today. So yeah, thanks, but history will remember