The vodka was hiding under a plane’s fuselage, 3000 cartons of 30 vials of the Russian brand Stolbowaja, on pallets in a shipping container. Was determined for the load according to the Dutch customs, apparently, for none other than North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and the military leadership in Pyongyang.
The supply was recently stopped in the port of Rotterdam, because it is a violation of the sanctions the UN has imposed in the security Council against the country. An Embargo for luxury products, for more than a decade in power, was to make the top squad, regardless of the poverty in which many North Koreans and the threat of famine, a comfortable life.
Important, also in 2006, the security Council imposed arms embargo prohibits the importation of heavy weapons and rocket technology. From 2013, the penalties for new nuclear and missile tests have been tightened gradually. Today the arms trade is the country on the Embargo lists, equipment, machinery, vehicles and metals are also available to industry.
The import of Oil and Gas is limited. North Korea is allowed to perform neither coal nor minerals, not agricultural products; previously these were important export goods. In addition, Responsible of the nuclear and missile programme have been busy with travel restrictions, your assets are frozen. The employment opportunities for North Koreans abroad were also limited such as the ability to transfer money back home.
However, the implementation of sanctions was long deficient. China, North Korea 90 percent of its trade, kept the Regime in Pyongyang afloat. In Beijing, there is a fear of, as well as in Moscow a regime change, in the course of which U.S. troops could theoretically up to the borders of China and Russia’s advance. Different ideas on the future of the Korean Peninsula is a barrier at the Six-party talks in which the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea negotiated with Pyongyang were always.
provocative missile tests, China and Russia drove a tighter line
all of That changed when Kim Jong-un execute a highly provocative series of nuclear and missile tests made, with which he makes North Korea as an unofficial nuclear-established and the United States in the range of its missiles, advanced. US President, Trump responded with a “campaign of pressure” – and this time China and Russia, moved in the beginning. The United States is trying to isolate North Korea such as Iran from the international financial system, and imposed sanctions against Chinese and Russian banks that do business with Pyongyang demolished the houses.
The economic effect of sanctions is difficult to estimate. However, the political pressure has contributed to the fact that Kim has agreed to negotiations after the summit in Singapore sodden China and Russia, however, their attitude again. In Hanoi, Kim demanded to Trumps words now, the sanctions are completely lifted. In return, he had offered, however only to close the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, not the entire nuclear program. Trump would have given all of the pressure medium from the Hand – for him that was not acceptable. (Editorial Tamedia)
Created: 28.02.2019, 21:51 PM
