The United States, Japan, and South Korea are going to call for an international embargo, which will block oil exports to North Korea, according to an Aug.
The United States, Japan, and South Korea are going to call for an international embargo, which will block oil exports to North Korea, according to an Aug. 30 report from Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asian Review.
Doing this, it notes, will “strike at the lifeblood of Pyongyang’s weapons programs.”
There has been no news of the oil embargo moving forward, but it was allegedly on the table during an emergency meeting of the U. N. Security Council on Aug. 30, held one day after North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong Un fired a rocket over Japan.
Following the meeting, the council called the North Korean ballistic missile test “outrageous, ” according to the Chicago Tribune, and called on North Korea to take “immediate, concrete actions” to reduce tensions.
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia and Chinese Ambassador Liu Jiey carried the common line of their counties on North Korea to avoid any actions that may increase tensions.
After the meeting Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho said “We’ ll be talking about next steps starting now.”
President Donald Trump held a 40-minute phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug.
