VOA标准英语--美国制裁俄罗斯船只

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U.S. Sanctions Russian Ships

In an effort to encourage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea, to dismantle¹ its nuclear weapons program, the United Nations Security Council last year passed Resolution 2375, which imposes sanctions on North Korea.

The United States is determined² to strictly³ implement⁴ this Resolution.

“Members of the UN Security Council, and by extension all UN member-states, have unanimously agreed to fully⁵ enforce sanctions on North Korea, and we expect them to continue to honor those commitments,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo:

“When sanctions are not enforced, the prospects⁶ for the successful denuclearization are diminished. Right now, North Korea is illegally smuggling⁷ petroleum⁸ products into the country at a level that far exceeds the quotas⁹ established by the United Nations. These illegal ship-to-ship transfers are the most prominent means by which this is happening.”

On August 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury¹⁰ issued sanctions against two Russian shipping¹¹ companies for the transfer of refined petroleum products to North Korean vessels¹² and six vessels associated with those firms. The sanctions are pursuant to Executive Order 13810 of September 21, 2017, which targets persons involved in the ship-to-ship transfer of refined petroleum products with North Korea-flagged vessels, an activity expressly prohibited by the UN Security Council.

The two companies are Primorye Maritime¹⁵ Logistics Co Ltd and Gudzon Shipping Co LLC. Both are based in the Russian port of Vladivostok. Among the six Russian-flagged sanctioned vessels is the Patriot¹⁶, which conducted two ship-to-ship transfers of oil in early 2018: 1,500 tons to the North Korea-flagged vessel¹³ Chong Rim¹⁴ 2 and another 2,000 tons to the North Korea-flagged ship Chon Ma San. The buyer was the Taesong Bank, a North Korean entity¹⁷ that has previously¹⁸ been sanctioned by both the U.S. and the UN.

“Ship-to-ship transfers with North Korea-flagged vessels from Russia or elsewhere of any goods being supplied, sold, or transferred to or from [North Korea] are prohibited under the U.N. Security Council resolutions on North Korea and are sanctionable under U.S. law,”said Secretary of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a written statement.

“Consequences for violating these sanctions will remain in place until we have achieved the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea.”