OREANDA-NEWS  Russia and China vetoed in the UN Security Council a US draft resolution on strengthening sanctions against the DPRK, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. 13 members of the UN Security Council voted for the adoption of the document. 

The resolution stated that the Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile carried out by the DPRK on March 24, as well as a series of other recent ballistic missile tests in North Korea.

The draft referred to the text of resolution 2397 of 2017, which stated: if the DPRK conducts a new nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile capable of delivering a charge to an intercontinental range, or a test leading to the development of such a missile, the Security Council will take measures to further restrict oil exports to North Korea.

The authors of the resolution blocked today proposed to reduce the volume of permissible crude oil supplies to Pyongyang. If before that the UN Security Council allowed four million barrels, or 525 thousand tons of crude oil, to be supplied to North Korea during the year, then the current project reduced this volume to three million barrels, or 393,750 tons.

Previously, the Security Council allowed exporting up to 500 thousand barrels of refined petroleum products per year (including diesel fuel and kerosene) to the DPRK during the year, then the new document proposed to reduce the volume to 375 thousand barrels or 46,875 tons.