EU leaders to call for end to North Korea's weapons programme - draft

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visit a shoe factory in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on October 19, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will demand on Thursday that North Korea end its nuclear and ballistic weapons programme, according to the draft final statement of an EU summit.

 

The statement, to be delivered after a discussion among leaders on Thursday evening, will follow the latest EU sanctions agreed on Monday by foreign ministers, which go beyond United Nations measures.

 

Leaders will tell Pyongyang "to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner", the draft said.

 

Leaders will also say they are ready to consider further measures, without specifying what they might be. Diplomats said they could include sanctions on non-EU countries still doing business with Pyongyang.

 

Among other steps, the European Union has now banned the sale of oil and oil products to North Korea, although that is largely symbolic, aimed at encouraging countries that have more significant levels of trade with the country to follow suit.

 

China and Russia have resisted an outright ban on crude exports.

 

The EU has imposed a blanket ban on doing business with North Korea.

 

(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio, writing by Robin Emmott)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-19

EU should mind their own business .

Most countries are now in agreement with this.  Hopefully China will come around.

 

Thanks to NK, the South is now pursuing nuclear weapons.  As is potentially Japan.

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/18/asia/south-korea-trump-nukes/index.html

South Korean opposition leader: Nukes are the only way to guarantee peace

52 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

EU should mind their own business .

I would put it just a bit differently.  When it comes to this, the EU might as well mind its own business.   fatboy won't even look up from his mudpies.

Yeah right, Mad boy Kim and his apparently new Mickey mouse hairstyle is really going to pay heed to their harsh words !

Sorry, cheese makers, the cat's out of the bag.

quick - kims coming

 

1 hour ago, BuaBS said:

EU should mind their own business .

It is their business.  We live in a global society.  Can't put your head in the sand and hope this goes away.

2 hours ago, BuaBS said:

EU should mind their own business .

Then maybe you too

3 hours ago, BuaBS said:

EU should mind their own business .

 

Seems they are doing just that...

 

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The EU has imposed a blanket ban on doing business with North Korea.

 

54 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

Then maybe you too

So whose business is it then?

On 10/19/2017 at 6:30 AM, webfact said:

Diplomats said they could include sanctions on non-EU countries still doing business with Pyongyang.

So, it'll still be ok for EU member countries? 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/16/asia/hong-kong-north-korea/index.html

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Hiding in plain sight

Why Hong Kong is a preferred spot for North Korea's money launderers

 

Hong Kong is one of two business jurisdictions (along with the British Virgin Islands) where the UN Panel of Experts on North Korea has seen the largest share of North Korean-controlled front companies operating, said Hugh Griffiths, the panel's coordinator.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, mrwebb8825 said:

So, it'll still be ok for EU member countries? 

 

Nope.

 

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The EU has imposed a blanket ban on doing business with North Korea.

 

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