Trump
'Very Disappointed' China Exports Oil to N Korea, Despite Their
Denial
28
December, 2017
China
has commented on reports alleging that it exports oil to North Korean
by saying that Beijing"completely and strictly" implements
UN trade restrictions recently adopted against Pyongyang.
US President
Donald Trump has reacted to reports on China's alleged oil
exports to North Korea, violating the December 22 UN trade
restrictions introduced against the country, limiting their oil
deals to four billion barrels per year.
"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 on his social account.
Following
Trump's statement, US Senator Edward Markey said that
the president should come up with a clear strategy to stop
crude oil supplies from China to North Korea.
"The
North Korea nuclear threat has only increased since Donald Trump
took office," Markey wrote in the statement via Twitter.
"This administration needs to find a way to get China
to cut off the crude oil flowing into North Korea. The
solution is a coherent strategy, not bluster."
However,
the report published
by South Korean newspaper Chosun
Ilbo has
already been refuted by China's foreign ministry
spokesperson Hua Chunying on December 27, who stated
that Beijing had no information on this issue,
emphasizing that the country "completely and strictly"
implements UN sanctions.
The report has claimed that
Chinese ships had transferred oil to North Korean vessels
about 30 times in October.
This
stance was echoed by Chinese customs data, presented
by the Reuters news agency. According to the
information, China has not exported any oil products or gasoline, jet
fuel, diesel or fuel oil to North Korea in November,
following the UN restrictions. The country also has not been
importing any iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea during the
mentioned period, as the media specified.
Despite
softening his stance towards Beijing in an effort to secure
more assistance on issue areas relating to the Korean
Peninsula, Trump has listed China among key threats to the
US and global security in his new national security strategy.
Moreover, he had previously accused the country on the campaign
trail for alleged unfair trading practices, such as engaging
in artificial currency devaluation.
Responding
to the tough rhetoric, China's Defense Ministry called
on Washington to cease its Cold War mentality and opt
for closer military cooperation.
Heaven
Forbid! China Sells Oil To North Korea!
RonPaulLibertyReport
A
recent US spy satellite photo showing Chinese ships selling oil to
North Korean ships in violation of UN Security Council resolutions is
supposed to infuriate us. But sanctions are immoral, they hurt the
most vulnerable, and the never work.
While
Russia exports some oil to North Korea, China is the main source of
oil for the rogue nation, according
to Reuters.
However, the country exported no oil products to the North during the
month of November. It was reportedly the second consecutive month
China didn't export diesel or gasoline to North Korea
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a lot of under-the-radar on the Chinese side," Kelly said. "Beijing does not polic the border strictly or enforce the sanctions toughly. This could be that."
China
spotted illegally selling oil to North Korea, report says
27
December, 2017
U.S.
spy satellites reportedly captured photos of Chinese ships illegally
selling oil to North Korean boats some 30 times since October.
Satellite
images released by the U.S. Department of Treasury appeared to show
vessels from both countries illegally trading oil in the West
Sea, The
Chosun Ilbo reported Tuesday,
citing South Korean government sources.
U.S.
spy satellites have captured images of what appears to be Chinese
ships illegally selling oil to North Korean boats. (U.S. Office
of Foreign Assets Control)
North
Korea was barred in September by the United Nations Security Council
from importing natural gas and had its crude oil imports capped in
response to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear missile program.
The U.S.
Treasury in November also sanctioned North Korea’s Maritime
Administration and
its transport ministry, in addition to six North Korean shipping and
trading companies and 20 of their vessels, in an effort to block the
rogue regime’s transportation networks.
The
satellite images appear to identify the ships. One of them — Rye
Song Gang 1, seen “connected to a Chinese vessel” — was
included in the Nov. 21 sanctions as a vessel of Korea Kumbyol
Trading Company possibly transferring oil to evade sanctions.
“This
is a natural outcome of the tightening of the various sanctions
against North Korea,” Cai Jian, an expert on North Korea at Fudan
University in Shanghai, told the news organization. Cai added the
"tightening ... reflects China's stance.
It's unknown if China supplies crude oil to the North, but it's believed by industry insiders that China provides the cutoff nation 3.8 million barrels of crude oil each year through an "aging pipeline," Reuters reported.
A
government source told the South Korean newspaper that, "We need
to focus on the fact that the illicit trade started after a UN
Security Council resolution in September drastically capped North
Korea's imports of refined petroleum products."
Robert
Kelly, a professor at Pusan National University in South Korea, told
The Telegraph that
China trading oil to North Korea could be possible.
“There is
a lot of under-the-radar on the Chinese side," Kelly said. "Beijing does not polic the border strictly or enforce the sanctions toughly. This could be that."
Chinese
foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said
she had no information following Chosun’s report,
but said “the Chinese government has been completely and strictly
enforcing Security Council resolutions” aimed at discouraging North
Korea from developing nuclear and missile technology.
Hua
questioned whether any country could make sure "not a single
breach will happen,” but noted: “We are taking a sincere and
serious attitude and forceful and effective actions."
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