US, Allies Hold First Meeting of North Korea Sanctions Monitoring Team
The U.S. and 10 of its close allies held the first meeting last week of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) Steering Committee, the group formed last year to report on North Korea-related sanctions violations and evasion. The committee, which also includes Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and the U.K., was established after Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council proposal that would have extended the “panel of experts” that had been monitoring U.N. sanctions against North Korea (see 2410170003).
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The countries met in Washington on Feb. 19 to “reaffirm” their commitment to imposing sanctions against North Korea, according to a joint statement released by the State Department. They plan to help publish “reports and information based on rigorous inquiry into relevant sanctions violations and evasion attempts as well as successful enforcement efforts,” the statement said, while also keeping the “path to dialogue” with North Korea open.