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The US declares Wagner an international criminal organization

2023-01-21 08:12:58Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The US declares Wagner an international criminal organization
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White House Homeland Security spokesman John Kirby said the Treasury Department will designate the Wagner group as an International Criminal Organization. He told VOA correspondent Patsy Widakuswara that the classification gives the United States more flexibility to target the Wagner group.

"Of course we were already deeply sanctioning Russia in all spheres and some of these sanctions and export controls that we know have also indirectly had an effect on private military contractors like Wagner, but this classification of does specifically target Wagner, and the Treasury department will have more details on that next week. What this classification does is it blocks and prevents the transfer of money to the Wagner Group from any entity in the US. And that could lead to additional measures from other countries now that we're doing it."

The United States on Friday shared with the United Nations Security Council's panel of experts on sanctions against North Korea evidence of North Korea's supply of weapons to the Wagner group, which are used in the war against Ukraine.

"The most important thing is to try to stop this flow of support from North Korea to Russia. //We call on them to immediately stop this activity because they are violating existing UN Security Council resolutions. //The North Koreans have just blatantly lied about their support for Russia. They just said they are not doing it. They claim they have nothing to do with them. And today, we thought it was important that in connection with our discussions at the UN, we provide real evidence that they are, in fact, supporting Russia with arms and ammunition," Kirby said.

The National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications at the White House, John Kirby, told VOA that disagreements among allies over sending self-defense tanks to Ukraine have not created any break in alliance support for Kiev.

"The alliance remains very, very solid in its support of Ukraine. First of all, I wouldn't describe this as a stalemate. I mean, these are ongoing, iterative discussions that we have with all of our allies and partners about what assistance they can provide and at what level. These are sovereign countries, they have to decide because they have to consider their national security needs, just like us. But the alliance has been extremely stable and supportive of Ukraine, and we don't see that changing."

Acknowledging that it is up to Germany to decide whether to allow the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Mr. Kirby added that Germany's contribution has been increasing.

"Germany has increased its contributions even though it was, from the beginning of the war, one of the main financial contributors in the world to Ukraine in terms of financial aid. And they certainly over the last few months have increased their readiness and willingness to provide advanced protection. And that has been deeply appreciated by everyone," Kirby told VOA./VOA


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