U.S. President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Thursday, September 21, that open the door wider to blacklisting people and entities doing business with North Korea, including its shipping and trade networks, further tightening the screws on Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program. Today, I announced a new Executive Order with re: to North Korea. We…
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Moscow for ‘politically important’ dialog with Pyongyang
A US-sponsored draft of UN Security Council statement condemning Pyongyang’s missile test, which some media claimed had been blocked by Russia, was actually withdrawn by Washington after a wording disagreement, Moscow said. The statement was to condemn the latest failed ballistic missile test by North Korea, but failed to get through the top security body…