Russia, China propose easing North Korean sanctions
South Korean protesters taking part in a rally against a visit by the US special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul yesterday. Biegun is on a three-day visit to discuss North Korean denuclearisation. – EPA pic, December 17, 2019.
RUSSIA and China yesterday 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.
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