China and Russia call on the UNSC to terminate sanctions on key North Korean exports “with the intent of enhancing the livelihood of the civilian population”
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Changrindo defensive position on the west front, in this undated picture released by North Korea's Central News Agency on November 25, 2019.
The council expressed concern when the repatriation provision was adopted two years ago that earnings from the nearly 100,000 overseas North Koreans, according to a US estimate, are being used to support the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The proposed resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, welcomes the continuing dialogue between the United States and North Korea and calls on all parties to consider implementing “further practical steps to reduce military tension on the Korean peninsula and probability of any military confrontation by all appropriate means.”
The six-party talks involving North Korea, South Korea, the US, China, Russia and Japan began in 2003 and led Pyongyang to accept a deal in September 2005 to end its nuclear weapons program in exchange for security, economic and energy benefits. The proposed resolution would terminate specific provisions in council resolutions adopted in 2016 and 2017 that banned the sale or import of coal, iron and iron ore, textiles and “statues.”
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