China says it’ll bear burden of sanctions imposed on North Korea

Asian giants China has said that it will bear the burden of new economic sanctions imposed on its ally North Korea but will always enforce resolutions.

According to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China will pay the biggest price from the new United Nations sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic relationship with the country.

In a statement, Wang who was speaking at a regional security forum in Manila said the new resolution showed China and the international community’s opposition to North Korea’s continued missile tests.

“Owing to China’s traditional economic ties with North Korea, it will mainly be China paying the price for implementing the resolution,” the statement cited Wang as saying.

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“But in order to protect the international non-proliferation system and regional peace and stability, China will as before fully and strictly properly implement the entire contents of the relevant resolution.”

North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong-Un has told the US that it’ll pay for the recent economic sanctions slammed upon Pyongyang which bans mineral and seafood exports worth more than $1bn from the country.

According to state-run KCNA news agency, Pyongyang would “not put our self-defensive nuclear deterrent on the negotiating table” while it faces threats from the US.

While referring to America’s role in drafting the UN sanctions resolution, North Korean authorities speaking through spokesman Bang Kwang Hyuk threatened to make the US “pay the price for its crime… thousands of times”.

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