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China denied Friday that it was supplying oil to North Korea in violation of United Nations sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program, hours after online criticism from President Trump.
“Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea. There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if this continues to happen!” Trump tweeted Thursday. South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported this week that Chinese and North Korean vessels have been meeting at sea for transfers of oil.
Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said Friday that Beijing has “completely and strictly” complied with the sanctions, The Associated Press reported.
She said authorities investigated a report that a Chinese ship contravened the sanctions by transferring oil to a North Korean ship at sea in October and concluded the report was false.
China previously denied that it is violating sanctions on oil sales to Pyongyang.
Trump has spent months lobbying China and other nations to cut off economic assistance to Kim Jong Un’s government.
South Korea seized and inspected a Hong Kong- registered ship that was accused of transferring oil to North Korea, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported Friday.