UNITED NATIONS (AFP): Russia and China on Monday (Dec 16) proposed easing sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea, on condition the regime commits to Security Council resolutions on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
The proposal, in a draft resolution which surprised several diplomatic missions, came the same day Washington's top representative in talks with North Korea criticised Pyongyang's"hostile" statements.
It also underlined the necessity of having"the most favourable approach towards requests for exemptions from existing UN sanctions against the DPRK for humanitarian and livelihood purposes." The North has issued increasingly strident declarations, even promising an ominous"Christmas gift" if Washington does not come up with some concessions by year's end.
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