China, Russia revive push to lift UN sanctions on North Korea

SANAA, Nov. 02 (YPA) – China and Russia are pushing for the Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korea by reviving a 2019 attempt to lift and expand Pyongyang’s exports of statues, seafood and textiles to include lifting the ceiling on imports of refined petroleum products, Reuters Reported.

North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

The draft resolution also includes other measures first proposed by Russia and China nearly two years ago, including lifting a ban on North Koreans working abroad and exempting inter-Korean rail and road cooperation projects from sanctions.

Several UN diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the refreshed draft resolution would find little support.

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