Resuming exports of petroleum products to Russia North Korea Wheat also as humanitarian aid 4:23 on May 21
A senior Russian government official resumed the suspended export of petroleum products to North Korea and sent wheat as a humanitarian aid, saying that North Korea was in an economic trouble due to the countermeasures against the new coronavirus. He urged the United Nations to ease the sanctions imposed by the United Nations.
To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, North Korea has taken steps to stop trains and air traffic between Russia and China since February.
Regarding this, Russian ambassador Mazegora, stationed in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, resumed exports of petroleum products such as diesel oil, which had been suspended since the train stopped operating, to the Russian media on the 20th. Revealed.
The supply is the same level as last year, 2000 to 3000 tons per month, which is not in violation of the UN sanctions resolutions that set limits on the export of petroleum products to North Korea. It also said that North Korea has a food shortage and has supplied 25,000 tons of wheat as humanitarian assistance, and plans to provide additional assistance.
Amazement ambassador Mazegora has sought to ease sanctions, saying North Korea is in an economic strait due to infection control measures and that sanctions such as the UN are also hindering the securing of medicines and medical devices. It seems that it has the aim of showing its presence as a traditional friendly country, Russia.