U.S. Accuses China of Seeking to Undo North Korea Sanctions
- ‘No excuses for Beijing’s failures,’ U.S. envoy Wong says
- Comments appear to signal breakdown in pressure campaign
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang in 2019.
Photographer: Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images
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A senior U.S. official accused China of violating United Nations sanctions against North Korea, actions that he said go against a global consensus and undermine efforts to get the isolated regime to give up its nuclear weapons.
“There is no excuse for Beijing’s failures,” Alex Wong, the State Department’s deputy special representative for North Korea, said at a conference Tuesday. “It has the resources to implement its UN sanctions obligations in its coastal waters. But, again, it chooses not to.”