North Korea promotes sending workers to Russia... ``Violation of Security Council resolutions''

South Korean government authorities are keeping a close eye on North Korea, which has been reported to be promoting a plan to send workers to Russia. Dispatch of workers violates UN Security Council sanctions resolutions against North Korea
do. A delegation from Russia's Far East Primorye, headed by Primorye Governor Oleg Kozhemyako, visited North Korea on the 11th and is believed to have had in-depth discussions on the issue of worker dispatch.
According to the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North Korean Workers' Party, on the 13th, Governor Kojemyako held a foreign affairs meeting at the Mansudae Building on the 12th.
He had a meeting with Ji Kyung-soo, Vice Minister of Je Province. The newspaper said that ``issues to elevate regional economic cooperation between North Korea and Russia to a higher level were discussed.''
South Korean government officials are placing emphasis on the possibility that the issue of North Korean labor dispatch was discussed during this meeting. On September 13th this year, Russia
After the Russia-North Korea summit meeting held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, we captured the situation in which North Korea is promoting the expansion of the dispatch of workers to Russia. Russia-North Korea summit meeting in September this year and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit in October.
In the morning, following the Russia-North Korea Joint Economic Committee held in November, there were related developments, including the visit of a delegation from Primorye to North Korea. A South Korean Unification Ministry official said, ``Looking at the series of processes, we see some kind of cooperation between Russia and North Korea.''
It is presumed that this is in progress." Governor Kozemiako announced that he planned to discuss cooperation with North Korea in the fields of tourism, trade, and agriculture prior to the meeting, but the
The government has not disclosed the details of the outcome of the meeting, which appears to be an attempt to violate the Security Council resolutions. Security Council Resolution 2375 prohibits the granting of employment permits to North Korean workers.
, No. 2397 requires all overseas North Korean workers to be repatriated by the end of December 2019, and the dispatch of North Korean workers violates Security Council resolutions.
A South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said, ``We are closely monitoring recent exchange trends between Russia and North Korea in various fields.''
We will continue to make diplomatic efforts to ensure that member states faithfully implement relevant Security Council resolutions with the mutual assistance of the international community."