Reuters: North Korea meeting to stress importance of sanctions - Canada
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A summit on curbing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will focus in part on how to ensure countries fully implement all the sanctions imposed on the reclusive state, a Canadian government source said on Monday.
Senior officials from 20 nations will gather in Vancouver on Tuesday for the full-day meeting, which is designed to increase diplomatic and financial pressure on Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear programs. Canada and the United States are co-hosts.
The United Nations Security Council, which has already imposed a wide range of sanctions, last month approved new punitive measures seeking to limit Pyongyang’s access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad.
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WNU Editor: This summit is on, but China is not there .... China absence looms over Canada meeting on how to pressure North Korea (Reuters), and neither is Russia who is now criticizing this entire summit .... Russia calls Vancouver meeting on North Korea 'destructive' (TASS).
More News On Ministers From 16 Countries Gathering In Vancouver To Discuss North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Vancouver Monday to co-host North Korea crisis meeting -- Vancouver Sun
Vancouver summit risks angering China while it pressures North Korea on trade, critics warn -- Nathan Vander Klippe, Globe and Mail
North Korea summit in Vancouver to focus on enforcing sanctions ahead of diplomacy -- Murray Brewster, CBC News
The Vancouver Meeting on North Korea: What Should We Expect? -- Andrea Berger, Arms Control Wonk
