Es ist offensichtlich, dass Nordkoreas Regime ein großer Fan der Kriegslobby des „Westens“ ist. China muss diesem Regime und ganz Korea jetzt genau den denkbar größten Gefallen tun, den es nicht will, und ihm endlich den Saft abdrehen.

Und zwar umgehend.

Ebenso sollten die Großmächte im U.N.-Sicherheitsrat zugeben, dass sie über die Technologie zum Abfangen ballistischer Raketen verfügen und diese im Falle der „Fehlschläge“ in Nordkorea offenkundig auch eingesetzt haben.

“Instead of an oil embargo of just one or two months, which is unlikely to have a major impact on North Korea’s strategic oil reserves, we are talking about a halt in Chinese crude oil supplies for at least six months. That would be a real nightmare for Kim,” he said.

(17.4.2017) Falls Nordkorea einen sechsten Atomtest unternehme, werde China einer neuen Resolution des UN-Sicherheitsrats für Sanktionen gegen Nordkorea einschließlich des Stopps von Öllieferungen zustimmen, warnte die Zeitung.

Our goal is not regime change. Nor do we desire to threaten the North Korean people or destabilize the Asia Pacific region. Over the years, we have withdrawn our own nuclear weapons from South Korea and offered aid to North Korea as proof of our intent to de-escalate the situation and normalize relations. Since 1995, the United States has provided over $1.3 billion dollars in aid to North Korea, and we look forward to resuming our contributions once the D.P.R.K. begins to dismantle its nuclear weapons and missile technology programs.

The D.P.R.K., for its own sake, must dismantle its nuclear and missile programs if it wants to achieve the security, economic development, and international recognition that it seeks. North Korea must understand that respect will never follow recklessness. North Korea must take concrete steps to reduce the threat that its illegal weapons programs pose to the United States and our allies before we can even consider talks.

I propose all nations take these three actions beginning today:

Der chinesische Außenminister Wang Yi hat sich am Freitag in New York mit seinem amerikanischen Amtskollegen Rex Tillerson getroffen.

Wang sagte, China und die USA sollten den geplanten Staatsbesuch von US-Präsident Donald Trump in China vorbereiten. Beide Länder hätten bereits vier hochrangige Dialogmechanismen eingerichtet.

Die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel trifft am kommenden Dienstag den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin. Die Gespräche im russischen Sotschi dienten der Vorbereitung des G20-Gipfels in Hamburg, sagte der deutsche Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert am Freitag in Berlin. Thema würden sicherlich auch der Ukraine-Konflikt, der Bürgerkrieg in Syrien und die Lage in Libyen sein.

Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der wichtigsten Industrie- und Schwellenländer werden am 7. und 8. Juli in der Hansestadt erwartet.

MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, due to visit Sochi on May 2, is going to pursue pragmatic aims before anything else and to take care of Germany’s economic interests first and foremost, sources in the foreign policy segment of the Russian political establishment said. “Too many economic issues of critical importance to Berlin have piled up and their solution brooks no delay,” diplomats say.

Lavrov‘s deputy Mikhail Bogdanov also said on Saturday that Russian authorities hope that Syrian armed opposition will take part in Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan‘s Astana on May 3-4, Interfax reported.

The FISA court determined in 2011 that the program — as operated by the NSA — was unconstitutional. Apparently some fixes were made as the program was allowed to continue. But as Marcy Wheeler pointed out a year ago, the program has never not been violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Since 2008, the National Security Agency (NSA) and other members of the U.S. Intelligence Community have relied on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to conduct surveillance on specific foreign targets located outside the United States to acquire critical intelligence on issues ranging from international terrorism to cybersecurity. After a comprehensive review of mission needs, current technological constraints, United States person privacy interests, and certain difficulties in implementation, NSA has decided to stop some of its activities conducted under Section 702.

There aren‘t many details yet, but Charlie Savage at the NY Times has a major scoop: apparently, the NSA has halted „about“ email collections. This is important. As we‘ve discussed in the past, under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, the NSA can collect info on approved „foreign targets.“ But here‘s where it got sketchy: they could collect the communications „to“ them or „from“ them — which most people would expect — but also they could collect any communications „about“ them. In other words, did you joke about Osama bin Laden in an email? It‘s possible that under Section 702, the NSA could collect that email without a warrant.