Military discounts US, ROK news reports

The Chinese government and military have strictly followed United Nations resolutions on sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang was responding to media reports from the United States and the Republic of Korea claiming that the PLA Navy failed to keep Chinese and DPRK vessels from trading and transferring oil products about 30 times since October, as detected by US reconnaissance satellites.

"China and the Chinese military have strictly enforced relevant resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council on the DPRK," he said, adding that the situation mentioned in the media is "nonexistent".