The United States is urging all UN member states to fully comply with sanctions on North Korea.
In a statement Friday, the U.S. State Department welcomed a UN committee's decision to ban port entry to three vessels suspected of engaging in illicit activities with the North.
However, it said member states should immediately end all sales of refined petroleum to North Korea until the regime abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
Meanwhile, according to Radio Free Asia on Saturday, the EU has followed the UN and included more ships on its sanctions list for banned ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum on behalf of the regime.