UN: Deploying N. Korean Workers in the Donbass Violates Sanctions

1. A United Nations official reportedly said on Monday that the possible deployment of North Korean construction workers to reconstruction projects in pro-Russian breakaway states in Ukraine is a violation of UN sanctions against the North.

According to Radio Free Asia, Eric Penton-Voak of the UN Security Council's panel of experts on North Korea issued the position, voicing disapproval of remarks by Russian Ambassador to Pyongyang Alexander Matsegora.

The Russian envoy said earlier on Monday in an interview with a Russian media outlet that North Korea and the Donetsk People's Republic(DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic(LPR) in Ukraine's Donbas region have broad prospects for cooperation.

He added that highly qualified North Korean construction workers will be a tremendous help in restoring the destroyed infrastructure and industrial facilities in the region.

The UN official, however, said it would be a violation of UN sanctions if North Korean builders work in the Donbas region as the Russian envoy said.

The official added that providing equipment produced by firms from the Donbas region to North Korea, as the Russian ambassador also mentioned, would be a further violation of UN sanctions. [kbs.co.kr]
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2. A United Nations official has said that using North Korean workers for reconstruction projects in the pro-Russian breakaway states in the Donbas region of Ukraine would be a violation of UN sanctions against Pyeongyang.

According to Radio Free Asia, Eric Penton-Voak, coordinator of a panel of experts on North Korea at the UN Security Council made the comments, adding that providing equipment from the region to North Korea would also be a transgression.

This comes after Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora told local media that North Korean workers will be of great help in rebuilding Donetsk and Luhansk.

Pyeongyang last week recognized the two areas, which are largely controlled by pro-Russian separatists, as independent states.[ Arirang News]
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