Ambassador Hau Do Suan said the Myanmar government "has no ongoing arms relationship, whatsoever, with North Korea" and is abiding by the U.N. Security Council resolutions.BANNED EXPORTS, IMPORTSUnder a 2016 resolution, the U.N. Security Council capped coal exports and required countries to report any imports of North Korean coal to the council sanctions committee. It then banned all exports of coal by North Korea on Aug. 5.The U.N. monitors investigated 16 coal shipments between January and Aug. 5 to ports in Russia, China, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.N. monitors said all those shipments "would constitute a violation of the resolution, if confirmed. It then banned all exports of coal by North Korea on Aug. 5.The U.N. monitors investigated 16 coal shipments between January and Aug. 5 to ports in Russia, China, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.N. monitors said all those shipments "would constitute a violation of the resolution, if confirmed.

Source: Egypt Today February 02, 2018 22:30 UTC