{"id":185249,"date":"2018-10-12T01:47:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T05:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185249"},"modified":"2018-10-12T01:47:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T05:47:40","slug":"australia-assigns-warship-enforce-north-korean-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/12\/australia-assigns-warship-enforce-north-korean-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia assigns warship to enforce North Korean sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cDespite the easing of tensions on the Korea Peninsula, Pyongyang continues with its nuclear weapons and ballistic weapons programs in defiance of … United Nations Security Council resolutions,\u201d Hupfeld told reporters. (File Photo By Staff Sgt. Alex Montes, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CANBERRA, Australia \u2013 Australia has assigned a guided missile frigate to the East China Sea to boast\u00a0international\u00a0efforts to enforce sanctions against North Korea, an Australian officer said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Australian Defence Force Chief of Joint Operations, Air Marshall Mel Hupfeld said the warship with a crew of 230 will be supported by two Australian AP-3C Orion surveillance aircraft based in Japan.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the easing of tensions on the Korea Peninsula, Pyongyang continues with its nuclear weapons and ballistic weapons programs in defiance of … United Nations Security Council resolutions,\u201d Hupfeld told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe occasional deployment of … maritime patrol aircraft and surface vessels to the region … adds weight to Australia’s ongoing economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea and enhances the capacity of ongoing multinational enforcement efforts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Australians would work in co-operation with the Japanese, United States, Canadians and the South Koreas to enforce sanctions, Hupfeld said.<\/p>\n

He likened detecting illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods from among the many legitimate transactions in the East China Sea to finding a needle in a haystack.<\/p>\n

Hupfeld would not say whether the frigate HMAS Melbourne’s role would be intercepting suspect cargo ships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won’t go into a great deal of depth on those aspects, that’s very much an operational matter,\u201d Hupfeld said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn airplane flying over the top can’t stop anything from occurring,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Sydney-based warship was currently in South Korea taking part in a fleet review, he said.<\/p>\n

Trump has encouraged U.S. allies to maintain sanctions on North Korea until it denuclearizes as part of what his administration has termed a campaign of \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d against leader Kim Jong Un’s government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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