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China has reiterated its firm stance on strictly adhering to UN resolutions and will severely punish any violations, a spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.
Hua Chunying said China was not aware of a news agency report that a Hong Kong-flagged vessel had been involved in oil sales to the DPRK in spite of UN sanctions.
"Reports of Chinese ships selling oil to the DPRK do not accord with the facts," Hua told a media briefing. "China has always implemented UN resolutions in their entirety, and if there really are violations evidenced by investigations, China will deal with them seriously in accordance with the law."
She insisted that China will never allow its citizens or enterprises to violate UN resolutions.
The South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted a South Korean foreign ministry official on Friday as saying that local authorities had seized and inspected a Hong Kong-registered ship in November for transferring oil in October.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump had tweeted and accused China of illicitly selling oil to the DPRK.
"Caught RED HANDED – very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea (DPRK). There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea (DPRK) problem if this continues to happen!” Trump wrote.
Hua called for international communication and coordination in the implementation of UN resolutions and urged the global community not to let media reports hamper mutual trust.
"We hope all parties will continue to make more positive efforts to help achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, maintain peace and stability in the region, and solve the problem through dialogue and negotiation," she said.
(CGTN)
