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| Australia may send warship to help enforce sanctions against N.Korea | |
| 2006-10-15 | |
Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says the Federal Government is still deciding whether an Australian Navy ship will be offered to help enforce sanctions against North Korea for its apparent nuclear test. "In the meantime, we'll also be considering a full ban as the Japanese have done on North Korean vessels visiting Australian ports," Mr Downer said.
Mr Downer says United Nations (UN) Security Council sanctions against North Korea are surprisingly tough. "It's a very robust Security Council resolution, we warmly welcome this resolution. "It will put enormous pressure on the North Koreans, we'll obviously fully implement our obligations under the resolution and do what we can to help make sure more broadly the resolution is implemented." Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd says the sanctions are robust and a good step forward. "The key challenge now is to make sure that these sanctions work," he said. South Korea Meanwhile, South Korea says it supports the UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for its apparent nuclear test. "The government supports the resolution and will take appropriate measures in line with the resolution," Foreign Ministry spokesman Choo Kyu-Go told Yonhap news agency. South Korea has said its engagement policy with the North is under threat following Pyongyang's October 9 announcement that it had conducted a nuclear test, but has given no details. | |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #5 Gotta lovem, but 90% of kims trade comes over the chinese border. |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-10-15 21:24 |
| #4 God love the Aussies, they always step up. And they never bitch about it. I can't think of any other coutry that can claim that. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-10-15 18:17 |
| #3 Amen to that Ship! Here ya go - (lat. 38.73278, long. 125.40806) Of all the things that stick in my craw, the USS Pueblo berthed in NKOR and used as a museum to showcase the running yellow dog, sea of fire, unilateral American capitalists, If the enemy dares to invade us, he will drowned in the boundless ocean of people's war, blah, blah, blah crappola - that grinds me the worst. After wiping Nampo off the map, air drop Big Macs, Tasty Cakes and food porn (pics of well fed westerners) - that'll fix 'em. |
| Posted by: GORT 2006-10-15 11:56 |
| #2 Time for a Harpoon Pueblo Demo. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-10-15 11:00 |
| #1 We p****d off at N Korea ever since they tried to ship Heroin in to us on the freighter Pong Su |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-10-15 02:00 |