China has submitted an action plan on how to implement its sanctions against North Korea in tandem with the ongoing global efforts to punish Pyongyang for conducting the nuclear and missile tests earlier this year, a government source said Tuesday.
"We have learned that China has turned in its implementation report" to the U.N. sanction committee for North Korea, the source told Yonhap News Agency on condition of anonymity.
In March, the U.N. Security Council asked the 193 member countries to draw up their own plans on how to enforce the sanctions on the North under its latest resolution adopted in the wake of Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test and a long-range missile launch in January and February.
They were required to submit the plans within 90 days of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopting the resolution. That fell on June 2 (local time), though it is not a mandatory deadline.
What is contained in China's implementation report has yet to be disclosed. It is unclear whether the report will be disclosed since it cannot be made public if the submitting country does not want to reveal its contents.
With Beijing, a close ally to North Korea, submitting its implementation report, all five veto-wielding permanent member countries of the UNSC also including the U.S., France, Russia and Britain have turned in their action plans.
Sources said that a total of 35 countries have turned in their implementation reports including South Korea. Earlier this month, the Seoul government compiled its report in which it vowed to "continue to contribute to the international efforts to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime." (Yonhap)