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In addition, Russia blocked in the UN Security Council the extension of the mandate of the panel of experts that monitors compliance with the sanctions imposed on North Korea. Therefore, the group stopped working on May 1.
“Moscow vetoed the extension of the group’s mandate while Russia is transporting oil products from the port of Vostochny to the DPRK,” Reuters quoted Kirby as saying at a briefing on Thursday.
According to him, Russia sent 165,000 barrels of oil products to North Korea in March alone. Under the terms of the sanctions, Pyongyang is only allowed to import 500,000 barrels of petroleum products per year.
On the other hand, the deputy head of the US mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Tracy Newell, announced at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday that North Korea has sent almost 11,000 containers of ammunition to Russia since the end of last year, as well as ballistic missile launchers and dozens of missiles.
2024-05-03 18:40:57