Published October 20,2024
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North Korea stated a brand new multilateral sanctions monitoring group led by the U.S. was “utterly unlawful and illegitimate,” and the nations becoming a member of it could pay “dearly,” state news company KCNA reported on Sunday.
The U.S. , South Korea and Japan this week introduced the launch of a brand new 11-member group to watch the enforcement of sanctions towards North Korea. Other nations are Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
Russia in March rejected the annual renewal of a UN panel of consultants monitoring North Korea’s compliance with worldwide sanctions. China had abstained from the vote.
“Contrary to the recognized principles of international law with equality in sovereignty and noninterference in other’s internal affairs as their core, the U..S. and its vassal countries are working hard to revive the structure of sanctions and pressure against the DPRK, which went bankrupt structurally and is on the verge of collapse,” Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui stated in a press release.
“I express serious concern and regret over the US habitual misconduct of arbitrarily flouting the international order in pursuit of its hegemonic interests, and vehemently condemn and reject it as a challenge to international justice and the most undisguised violation of the DPRK’s sovereignty,” she added.
The North Korean minister stated that if the US expects “it can surprise the DPRK and stop its advance with such worn-out means as sanctions and pressure, it is just a fatal misjudgment.”
“The forces involved in the smear campaign against the DPRK will have to pay dearly for it,” the minister warned.
The group is predicted to watch and report violations of UN sanctions, that are designed to stop Pyongyang from advancing its nuclear and missile applications.
Source: www.anews.com.tr