China is opposed to unilateral actions against North Korea, claims Hua Chunying

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China is opposed to unilateral actions against North Korea, claims Hua Chunying

August 31st, 2017

Awake Goy

nsnbc : Hua Chunying, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the people’s Republic of China, said sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) must be within the framework of the UN Security Council. It is worth recalling that the permanent UN Security Council members China, Russia and USA launched their aggressive sanctions policy after Kim Jong-un announced that he planned to implement comprehensive economic reforms.

Statements by Beijing’s foreign affairs spokesman came on Wednesday after the UN Security Council (UNSC) released a Council President’s statement which strongly condemned a missile test carried out by the DPRK (North Korea) on Monday as well as several launches last Friday.

A statement released by the UNSC said “The Security Council expresses its grave concern that the DPRK is, by conducting such a launch over Japan as well as its recent actions and public statements, deliberately undermining regional peace and stability and has caused grave security concerns around the world.”

Noting the statement reflects the consensus of the international community, Hua said, “China is opposed to any unilateral sanction or long-arm jurisdiction in accordance with one country’s domestic law.” Hua said China hopes all parties will implement Security Council resolutions earnestly, comprehensively and completely.

When asked about China’s communication and coordination with Russia on the issue, Hua said China and Russia share the same goal, which was, by and large shared by all other permanent members of the UN Security Council and the whole international community. It’s only that some countries may differ on specific approaches to realize the goal at this stage, she said. China is willing to continue coordination and cooperation with Russia, to maintain peace and stability in the region and around the world, she added.

Critics of the permanent UNSC members (P5) China, France, Russia, UK and USA – without wanting to endorse the regime in North Korea or nuclear energy and weapons anywhere – stress that each of the P5 has its own political, geopolitical, economic and other motives; Motives which have little to nothing to do with the fact that the DPRK uses its right to develop missiles or nuclear weapons.

The last round of sanctions began in 2013 after Kim Jong-un “inherited” the family dynasty’s throne in the “people’s republic”. nsnbc international editor-in-chief Christof Lehmann, in an in depth article entitled “Korea Crisis and Sanctions Designed to Sabotage Transformation of DPRK Economy in 2013″, noted that especially the United States, Russia, and China, began pushing for sanctions as Kim Jong-un planned to implement comprehensive economic reforms.

The article describes in detail what these reforms would have meant for the DPRK, for intra-Korean relations as well as for the United States’, Russia’s and China’s ambitions to impose their respective policies and interests. In his 2013 New Year speech Kim Jong-un announced his plan to turn the DPRK into an economic powerhouse . The plans were based on the Vietnamese rather than on the Chinese model and involved cooperation with German experts. Kim also stressed that Beijing should no longer merely perceive Pyongyang as junior partner who is merely “allowed” to provide rare earth and other commodities to Beijing. (read more in the article below)

CH/L – nsnbc 31.08.2017

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