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Friday, December 29, 2017
Trump and China
Trump 'disappointed' China allowing oil into North Korea
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on
Thursday he was "very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into
North Korea" and that such moves would prevent "a friendly solution" to
the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear program. "Caught RED HANDED -
very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea.
There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if
this continues to happen!" Trump wrote in a post on Twitter.
North Korea: new UN sanctions are 'an act of war'
The latest UN sanctions against North Korea are an act of war
and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against the country,
North Korea's foreign ministry said on Sunday.
China earlier on Thursday said there had been no
UN sanction-breaking oil sales by Chinese ships to North Korea after a
South Korean newspaper said Chinese and North Korean vessels had been
illicitly linking up at sea to get oil to North Korea. The Trump
administration has led a drive to step up global sanctions on North
Korea in response to Pyongyang's efforts to develop nuclear-tipped
missiles capable of hitting the United States.
"Disappointed": US President Donald Trump says he is unhappy with China. Photo: New York Times
Washington says the full cooperation of China, North Korea's
neighbour and main trading partner, is vital to the success of this
effort, while warning that all options are on the table, including
military ones, in dealing with North Korea. The UN Security
Council last week unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea for a
recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to further
limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil.
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The UN resolution seeks to ban nearly 90 per cent of refined
petroleum exports to North Korea by capping them at 500,000 barrels a
year.
The US-drafted resolution also caps crude oil supplies to North Korea
at 4 million barrels a year and commits the Council to further
reductions if North Korea were to conduct another nuclear test or launch
another ICBM. Documents seen by Reuters this month showed
Washington called on the Security Council to blacklist 10 ships for
circumventing sanctions by conducting ship-to-ship transfers of refined
petroleum products to North Korean vessels or transporting North Korean
coal. China and Russia subsequently asked for more time to consider the proposal. In September, the Security Council put a cap of 2 million barrels a year on refined petroleum products exports to North Korea.
China has repeatedly said it is fully enforcing all resolutions
against North Korea, despite suspicion in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo
that loopholes still exist. Asked at a regular briefing whether
Chinese ships were illegally providing oil to North Korean ships,
Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang reiterated that China,
including the military, strictly enforced UN resolutions. "The situation you have mentioned absolutely does not exist," he said.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club, founded by Wolfgang Hampel, has members in 40 countries.
Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald biography interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends. His Interviews have been published on CD and DVD by Betty MacDonald Fan Club. If you are interested in the Betty MacDonald Biography or the Betty MacDonald Interviews send us a mail, please.
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