SEOUL: The United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday (Oct 16) announced the launch of a new multinational team to monitor the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea after Russia and China thwarted monitoring activities at the United Nations.
Japan 's Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano South Korea 's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun and United States Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell during their trilateral meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024.
Its launch was unveiled at a joint press conference in Seoul by US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun and Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, alongside ambassadors of the eight countries, ahead of their talks in Seoul. While the allies will continue to seek ways to reinstate the UN scheme, the team is open to all countries that are willing to help ensure the implementation of sanctions, Kim added.North Korea's UN ambassador says new sanctions monitoring groups will fail
Washington and Seoul say North Korea and Russia have made illicit military transactions. Moscow and Pyongyang have denied arms transfers but haveThe new initiative might lack the international legitimacy granted to a UN-backed operation, but could monitor North Korea more effectively, free from efforts by Moscow and Beijing to downplay Pyongyang's suspected sanctions evasion at the world body, said Ethan Hee-seok Shin, a legal analyst at the Seoul-based Transitional Justice Working Group.
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