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State Department: Putin's gift to Kim Jong-un violates UN Security Council sanctions

2/21/2024, 10:21:28 PM

Highlights: State Department: Putin's gift to Kim Jong-un violates UN Security Council sanctions. Earlier, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the head of state gave his North Korean colleague an Aurus car. “And if this is true, then it seems that Russia is once again violating the UN Security. Council resolutions, which it itself supported,” TASS quotes Miller as saying. The head of the press service of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, made a statement about this on February 21.

The transfer by Russian President Vladimir Putin of an Aurus car as a gift to the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un is a violation of the UN Security Council resolution. The head of the press service of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, made a statement about this.


According to him, spoken at a regular briefing for journalists on February 21, these resolutions require all UN member countries to introduce a ban on the supply of both vehicles and luxury cars to the DPRK.

“And if this is true, then it seems that Russia is once again violating the UN Security Council resolutions, which it itself supported,” TASS quotes Miller.

Earlier, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the head of state gave his North Korean colleague an Aurus car.