According to a report commissioned by the UN Security Council, North Korea is continuing its nuclear and missile program by violating UN sanctions.
The document states that "North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs and continues to challenge the resolutions of the Security Council by increasing mass ship-to-ship transfer of oil products".
The results of the report arrive a few days after the accusations launched by the US intelligence in Pyongyang that North Korea is developing a new ballistic missile, thus nullifying the two countries' rapprochement efforts.
Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, who spoke at the ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations explicitly pointed the finger at Russia, China and other countries guilty of violating the provisions of the sanctions, asking them to "rigorously implement all sanctions "Which also include" the blocking of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products to North Korea ".
Ri Yong Ho, North Korean Foreign Minister, from Singapore responded to the American accusations calling them "alarming". The North Korean minister has complained about the American impatience, underlining that "impatience does not help at all to build trust. Above all when unilateral requests are advanced that only undermine confidence rather than renew it. As long as the US does not show concretely the will to eliminate what is for us a problem, there will be no progress ".