The G7 countries, along with the EU and three other states, plan to appeal to the Chinese leadership with a request to prevent North Korea from escaping United Nations (UN) sanctions by using Chinese territorial waters. reported Reuters with a link to a copy of the letter.
The text expresses concern over the continued existence of a large number of oil tankers using China’s territorial waters in Sansha Bay to facilitate trade in oil products that have been sanctioned by North Korea. The letter should be addressed to Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN.
The agency emphasizes that it is planned to include satellite images proving the above facts in the letter.
Prior to that, Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea statedthat no one has the right to criticize North Korea for launching a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile.
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