Donald Trump
The US President Donald trump has extended sanctions against North Korea for another year. On Wednesday, June 21, the statement of the press service of the White house.
It is noted that trump has already notified Congress about the extension of the number of unilateral constraints.
To extend the validity of the Executive decree of June 2008, in which we are talking about the production of weapons-grade nuclear fuel. The decree of August 2010, dedicated to the nuclear test of North Korea and the destruction of its South Korean ship, killing 46 people.
As prolonged decrees from April 2011, January 2015 and March 2016, which imposed additional sanctions against the DPRK.
On the night of 3 June, the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution expanding sanctions against North Korea. The document envisages the inclusion in the sanctions list of four organizations and ten individuals, who could work abroad in the interests of Pyongyang.
At the end of last year the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning shipments to the DPRK, weapons of all kinds. In addition, the ban includes materials and technologies that can be used in nuclear and rocket programs of Pyongyang.