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Right. For what those may be... Russia's latest stance on the resolution slapping the strongest sanctions yet on North Korea... our Connie Kim reports.
Russia, a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, has been holding up a vote on a new resolution on North Korea.
Even so, Russia's UN Ambassador says the resolution is "necessary" because of the "challenges coming from North Korea," indicating the new set of sanctions will pass when the 15-member Security Council votes on Wednesday morning at the UN headquarters in New York.
Speaking to reporters in New York on Tuesday, Vitaly Churkin said Moscow had some concerns about the draft resolution that they've discussed with the U.S. delegation,
adding that the U.S. had accommodated some, but not all, of their concerns.
That's why Russia wanted changes made to the draft at the last minute, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.
A revised copy obtained by NHK shows an exception has been made on a ban on aviation fuel to North Korea.
The fresh set of sanctions will allow the sale and supply of aviation fuel to civilian North Korean aircraft.
An official in charge of mineral resources trade between North Korea and Russia has also been dropped from the initial list of individuals and organizations subject to UN sanctions.
With the change, twelve organizations and 16 individuals will be slapped with sanctions if the resolution passes as expected on Wednesday.
Since North Korea carried out its nuclear test in early January, Security Council members put their heads together to draw up the strongest sanctions yet on Pyongyang.
If adopted, mandatory inspections of cargo, an expansion of a weapons ban and a trade ban on coal, iron and gold are expected to pressure the regime to give up its nuclear weapons program and encourage Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
Connie Kim, Arirang News.
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