{"id":55127,"date":"2019-12-17T10:58:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T02:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55127"},"modified":"2019-12-17T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T02:58:13","slug":"russia-china-make-un-proposal-to-ease-n-korea-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55127","title":{"rendered":"Russia, China make UN proposal to ease N.Korea sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and China on Monday proposed easing sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea, on condition the regime commits to Security Council resolutions on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal, in a draft resolution which surprised several diplomatic missions, came the same day Washington\u2019s top representative in talks with North Korea criticized Pyongyang\u2019s \u201chostile\u201d statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North is under heavy US and United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program but it has been frustrated at lack of relief after it declared a moratorium on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft text said the Council \u201cshall adjust the sanction measures towards the DPRK as may be needed in light of the DPRK\u2019s compliance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also underlined the necessity of having \u201cthe most favorable approach towards requests for exemptions from existing UN sanctions against the DPRK for humanitarian and livelihood purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text \u201cwelcomes the continuation of the dialogue between the United States and the DPRK at all levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The call comes with negotiations between North Korea and the US largely stalled since the collapse of a February summit in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and the North\u2019s leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North has issued increasingly strident declarations, even promising an ominous \u201cChristmas gift\u201d if Washington does not come up with some concessions by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft text calls for \u201cprompt resumption of the six-party talks\u201d which involved China, the two Koreas, the US, Russia and Japan. Those talks lasted from 2003-2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplomats said no deadline was put forward for putting to a vote the text, which faces an uncertain future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texts related to North Korea are traditionally the purview of the United States, which wants Pyongyang to give up its atomic arsenal right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russia-China text also calls for inter-Korean rail and road cooperation projects to be exempt from existing UN sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three pages of annexes to the draft resolution list products to be removed from sanctions lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among them are bulldozers, small tractors, small metal items including scissors, bicycles, as well as washing machines for clothes and dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China and Russia, which had cautiously backed pressure against North Korea after its past nuclear tests, had indicated last week they would reject further sanctions. — NNN-AGENCIES
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and China on Monday proposed easing sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea, on condition the regime commits to Security Council resolutions on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. The proposal, in a draft resolution which surprised several diplomatic missions, came the same day Washington\u2019s top representative in talks with North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}