and who has said that it has transferred the rent since 2017 to a blocked account but we have tom schreiber we just saw in the report saying that he suspecting some fishmeal going on between the north korean embassy and the hospital parade has been dragging on for months and months for 2 years what's going to happen next that's an interesting question i mean it seems like and we just saw in regard to that the the foreign ministry and the german foreign ministry and the local level. very committed to resolving this issue because it has become somewhat of a curious case it's been as you said going on for a long time it's also a question of credibility at the international level because germany i mean is also has committed to imposing the u.n. sanctions against north korea and it has to prove that it is actually doing that let's talk about the u.n. sanction in question about the transfer of money. what is the rule that's actually impacting the situation here in berlin is actually there are a lot of un resolutions concerning the case of north korea especially because it is developing its nuclea

paid and that has not happened there that instances of mr foote north korea has not paid the fees tom schreiber a member of berlin state parliament suspects there is a secret agreement between the embassy and the hospital to keep the income flowing as houses were destroyed innovation things will stay the same because it's also a source of revenue. but what also needs to be clear is that rules must be applied so that we can put an end to this before but innit. after 2 years of litigation and no end in sight the city hostile berlin is still in business. joining me now in the studio is the only fun hammerstein who produced that report let's back up here a bit has this hostel violated international sanctions yeah it's a come it's a complicated situation that was exactly my question when i started out with the reports and it's kind of a curious case because the north korean government has said in the reports has indeed said it has cancelled the rent agreement with the hostiles operator in 2017 reacting to pressure from the german foreign ministry the german government but then it even filed an evict