The U.N. Security Council will vote on Friday on a USA and Chinese proposal to blacklist more North Korean individuals and entities after the country's repeated ballistic missile launches, diplomats said Thursday.
As a result of the sanctions, all of Michurin and the companies' assets subject to United States jurisdiction are frozen and USA companies are prohibited from doing business with them.
The council, which is weighing new sanctions in response to Pyongyang's relentless provocations, is expected to pass the new penalties as early as Friday afternoon. The pair reached agreement and circulated the draft resolution to the remaining 13 council members on Thursday.
The United States on Thursday blacklisted nine companies and government institutions, including two Russian firms, and three people for their support of North Korea's weapons program, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
This May 14, 2017, photo distributed by the North Korean government shows the Hwasong 12, a new type of ballistic missile, as it is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea.
All 193 United Nations members are legally bound by Security Council resolutions. Within days of the latest North Korea test, the USA successfully tested its missile defense shield, obliterating a mock ICBM launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Vietnam representative of a bank and the heads of two companies would also face sanctions.
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It also said that the Seoul government will strengthen coordination with the U.S., Japan, China and the whole worldwide community with a goal to induce the North to give up its nuclear weapons program through all possible means including both sanctions and talks.
Trump has repeatedly warned that all options, including military ones, are on the table when it comes to responding to North Korea. Traditionally, the United States and China have negotiated new sanctions before involving the other council members.
The United States has struggled to slow North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, which has become a security priority given Pyongyang's vow to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the USA mainland.
Moscow-based Ardis-Bearings LLC and its director, Igor Aleksandrovich Michurin, were sanctioned for their support to the North's Tangun Trading Corp., accused of WMD proliferation, while Independent Petroleum Co. was added to the list for providing oil and petroleum products to the North.
The centre is believed to have offices in Germany, China, Syria, India and the Middle East, Treasury said.
"Treasury is working with our allies to counter networks that enable North Korea's destabilizing activities, and we urge our partners to take parallel steps to cut off their funding sources", he said.
The Treasury sanctioned Russian, Chinese and North Korean nationals in connection with Pyongyang's ballistics and nuclear programs.
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