Voice of America
Date: February 05, 2018
By: Reuters
TAIPEI — Taiwan on Monday called on its companies not to carry out any trade with North
North Koreans look at products at the 13th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair held at the Three Revolution Exhibition House on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions and said it was keeping a close watch, after a report found a network of ships supplying petroleum products based in Taiwan.
A confidential report by independent U.N. monitors to a U.N. Security Council sanctions committee, seen by Reuters, said they had investigated cases of ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products in violation of sanctions and that the network behind the vessels was primarily based in Taiwan.
Self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as its own, is not a member of the United Nations but says as a responsible member of the international community it is committed to ensuring sanctions are enforced in a bid to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
In a statement sent to Reuters, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said the government had proactively taken part in enforcing the sanctions and that its efforts had been recognized by the United States and international community. [FULL STORY]
