Kathmandu: Voicing concern over growing business activities of North Koreans in Nepal, the US has asked the Nepal government not to entertain North Koreans in the country stating Nepal as a member of the UN should respect the decision taken by the global body to impose sanctions on the country.
Mark Lambert, special US envoy for North Korea, who is on a three-day visit to Nepal, made this appeal to lawmakers, senior government officials and ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Himalayn Times reported Saturday.
He expressed concerns about growing business activities of North Koreans in Nepal. “He also expressed fear North Koreans might have been using Nepal as a base to commit cyber crimes,” a lawmaker, who met Lambert, was quoting as saying.
In the meeting Lambert told the lawmakers the UNSC has placed sanctions on North, and Nepal, as a member country, should respect this decision, it said.
Nepal became a member country of the UN in 1955. The UN has imposed sanctions on N Korea after the country started developing nuclear weapons, in violation of the UN charter. “Nepal is a member of the UN and it has the obligation to follow resolutions passed by the UNSC,” said US Embassy Spokesperson Andie De Arment, who confirmed Lambert was in Nepal to discuss growing activities of N Koreans in the nation.
