North Korea rejected an appeal for full enforcement of U.N. sanctions, saying foreign pressure would not change its claimed nuclear-weapons status as the measures restrict its overseas labor and military cooperation.
KCNA, North Korea’s state news agency, reported that the country denounced a joint statement by a group monitoring sanctions enforcement as a violation of its sovereignty and accused the United States and Western countries of hostility. KCNA separately attributed to an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman the claim that sanctions would not change North Korea’s position as a nuclear-weapons state.
A statement by a group monitoring sanctions enforcement that includes the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and South Korea urged U.N. member states to fully implement resolutions barring North Korean workers and military cooperation with Pyongyang. The Security Council’s measures against Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs date back to 2006.
On Sept. 16, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), citing information from a participating government, reported that North Koreans had been deployed to Russia’s drone industry, including at Alabuga. EconoTimes previously covered the reported deployment to Russia’s drone industry.
