While Washington strives to maintain sanctions pressure on North Korea, fractures may be appearing in international unanimity
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Washington’s lead negotiator on North Korean denuclearization, said on Saturday that he believes Russia is violating international sanctions against North Korea.
“I want to remind every nation that has supported these resolutions that this is a serious issue and something that we will discuss with Moscow,” Pompeo told a news conference in Singapore, Reuters reported, “We expect the Russians and all countries to abide by the U.N. Security Council resolutions and enforce sanctions on North Korea.”
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Update #1: Report: Russia Set Up Clandestine Network For N. Korea Oil Shipments (VOA)
Update #2: Russia Accused Of Illegally Selling Oil To North Korea (OilPrice.com)
WNU Editor: China is also relaxing sanctions .... China is quietly relaxing its sanctions against North Korea, complicating matters for Trump (L.A. Times).
8 comments:
You got to wonder about China and Russia, how does complicating matters for the US help them!? More tariffs I say for China and more sanctions for Russia
Michael,
This is a good point. Also, for sanctions to work we will need the compliance of Russia and China. While adherence has been less than perfect, it does appear to have affected North Korea negatively.
I have been concerned that as NK makes token concessions the US will face increasing pressure to make huge concessions and before long we have made to many concessions while receiving little in return. It seems premature at this point to lift sanctions against North Korea yet we are going to need Chinese and Russian assistance to make them work.
Russia and China are evading our sanctions and trolling nonsense by Dmitri hardly addresses this issue. Try more nonsense comrade
Out damned opportunists, I say! Out!
No different than Johnny K and the rest of the world's global warming treaty. Unsigned by the attendees. Oh! that's right. It was an agreement. While giving lip service to the idea, the yellow peril had plans for building 30 new [they pollute less so it's OK] coal burning power plants. And unlike al gore's $1200 electric bill [for a month!] which he rationalized by paying a carbon tax, or so he claimed, them china-menz ain't payin' no carbon tax. Nor are any of the countries who plan dozens more new coal burners gonna pay no stinkin' carbon tax.
And I read Barnum, Baily, and Ringling Bros closed up shop. Ha! They just changed tents. Remember; if you can't convince'm...confuse'm.
Gore's bill always the way to avoid climate change efforts, despite the fact that over 95% climate science people know it is real and a threat and the Pentagon states it is a serious national security issue. But let'.s talk about and badmouth Gore and enjoy the nice warm weather we are having
Fred,
You refer to what I type as "nonsense" and then you insult me with your "comrade" line. You have no case to make so you must resort to insults. I must admit I am becoming more amazed as time goes on at your inability to grasp the most basic concepts nevertheless I am going to try yet again.
If Russia and China were evading the sanctions entirely, NK doesn't come to the negotiating table. Without some type of agreement with Russia and China there can be no sanctions period. I would liken it taking away 85% of someone's income stream. This is going to adversely affect them. Obviously how badly it affects them is going to be dependent upon their income level. A rich tycoon can probably lose 85% of his/her cash flow and still be able to function relatively well. For a poor person this would be devastating. For others they would be severely impacted. NK falls in the last category. Having lost the full unconditional support of Russia and China they are now having to take the US seriously.
As I pointed out previously, perhaps you missed it, this was always going to be very hard. Asking China and Russia to turn their backs on their ally was always going to be a tough sell. There were/are many in power in these countries who simply aren't going to do it. Push to hard and you risk them walking away entirely or actually undermining these governments to the point of a coup. Don't push hard enough and no change in the situation at all. This was always and will continue to be very difficult. While much can still go wrong, to have gotten as far as we have is amazing diplomacy.
I reread my post. Perhaps I didn't elaborate on this enough. I think you already knew what I had posted previously and knew you had no counter point to make otherwise you would have asked me to elaborate. Instead you went straight to insults a sure indication that you have nothing of value to offer to this.
Sanction ignored by your boss
Simple as that
Russia is an enemy
Clear as that
Well got to be honest. Sanctions lead to war. What else is their to do after so much? It don't take much either. I remember WNU posting top ten stupid wars. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bucket
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