CHINESE STILL STUDYING U.S.-PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS

S E C R E T BEIJING 001026 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/17/2019 TAGS: UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP SUBJECT: CHINESE STILL STUDYING U.S.-PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS UNDER UNSCR 1718 REF: BEIJING 1012 Classified By: Acting Political Minister Counselor Ben Moeling. Reason s 1.4 (b/d). ¶1. (S) MFA International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs official Yang Zhiyu told POLOFF on April 17 that China was "still studying" the U.S.-proposed designations of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 conveyed to the MFA on April 15 (ref A). A response, if any, to the U.S. proposal would be conveyed to the United States at the United Nations Security Council, said Yang. He urged China and the United States to stay in touch in New York. ¶2. (S) Separately, MFA Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told Senior East Asia Advisor for the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frank Jannuzi on April 16 that Japan's push for the DPRK Sanctions Committee to designate three additional entities was "not helpful" and largely "for domestic consumption." Calling the next steps in the UNSC "critical," VFM He said the DPRK Sanctions Committee should approve designations "without creating the impression that we are adding new sanctions." WEINSTEIN