Moscow is neither buying coal from North Korea, nor helping the regime by acting as a middleman for coal exports to other countries, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang has declared.
After President Donald Trump accused Russia of helping North Korea flout trade sanctions imposed by the United Nations earlier this month, Reuters reported that one particular avenue for violations is the coal trade. Citing European security sources, the report claimed that North Korea had shipped coal at least three times last year to Russia’s Nakhodka and Kholmsk ports, where the cargo was quickly repackaged and shipped again to South Korea or Japan.
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