North Korea Sanctions To Be Supported By China

North Korea Sanctions To Be Supported By China

The latest UN sanctions against North Korea will receive the support of China. The sanctions that will be imposed are in connection to the nuclear weapons test that was conducted by the country last February.

An agreement was reached between the United States and China with the words that will be used on the resolution. A meeting is set to be conducted by the UN Security Council to deal with the issue. Chinese support is vital in creating international support for the sanctions against North Korea, which has economic ties with China. The country sources its fuel from China, its main trading partner.

The sanctions will be the latest UN action against the weapons development of North Korea, which became more belligerent following a new set of sanctions were approved following the rocket launch in December. Pyongyang also detonated a third nuclear device a few weeks after the sanctions were approved last January.

Previous sanctions imposed on the country aimed to limit its ballistic missile and nuclear ambitions. It included the blacklisting of companies that were involved in the programs.

Future sanctions may expand to include more entities that will be included in the umbrella of sanctions. It is also possible for cargo inspections to be included in the future sanctions. The sanctions resolution is anticipated to be approved by the Security Council within the month, according to the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin. Russia may also support sanctions that are aimed at the advanced weapons systems of North Korea, a deputy foreign minister of Russia indicated.

Gennady Gatilov indicated that Russia will find such restrictive measures acceptable as long as they do not go beyond nuclear and missile issues. However, officials in South Korea indicated that the specific details of the sanctions against North Korea have yet to be finalized.

Posted by James Fried on Wednesday March 06 2013, 2:14 AM EST. Ref: NY Times. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0