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Russia ignores autonomous N. Korea sanctions: Ambassador

Alexander Matsegora reiterates that Moscow only considers UN sanctions legitimate

Russia’s Ambassador to North Korea said Moscow would ‘ignore’ sanctions from individual countries and unions when dealing with North Korea in an interview with the TASS News Agency published Friday.

During the interview, Ambassador Alexander Matsegora doubled down on previous comments made in November last year, where he said that only sanctions imposed by the UN were legitimate.

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