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Will impose sanctions on any nation giving fuel to N Korea, warns US
News
- America threatened to impose sanctions to nations carrying illicit trade on oil with North Korea
Important facts
- The 15-member UN Security Council has unanimously put sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke funding for Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
- UN has allowed export of 500000 barrel of fuel to North Korea
- Washington has tracked some 148 cases this year of tankers delivering fuel to North
- North Korea continues to employ tactics to evade UN sanctions, through the help of Russia
