US Ambassador Haley: Russia wants to lift bank restrictions on North Korea

US President Donald Trump talks with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley as they attend a session on reforming the United Nations at UN Headquarters in New York, US, in this September 18, 2017 file photo. (REUTERS)

• Nikki Haley: Russia had not followed the restrictions appropriately

UNITED NATIONS: The US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday that Russia wants to lift banking restrictions on North Korea put in place to try to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear program, but the United States would not let that happen.
“What they’re looking for is to lift banking restrictions,” Haley said after a closed-door security council meeting on North Korea sanctions also attended by Russia’s envoy.
She added that Russia had not followed the restrictions appropriately. “So now we know what their agenda is, we know exactly why they’re trying to do it and we’re not going to let it happen.”