United Nations diplomats say that Russia and China have barred the United Nations Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea from declaring that Pyongyang trespassed the annual limit for importing refined petroleum products.
On Tuesday, two diplomats said that the Russians and Chinese made the committee aware before Tuesday’s deadline for objections.
The US and 25 other countries accused North Korea of violating United States sanctions by importing far more than the annual limit of 500,000 barrels of refined petroleum products.
The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
A complaint asked the sanctions committee to rule that Pyongyang breached the refined petroleum products cap and demand an immediate halt to deliveries.