Britain and Australia urged China on Thursday to do more to persuade North Korea to drop its nuclear and missile programmes. Earlier this month North Korea, which has warned Australia could be the target of a strike, said it had conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Britain and Australia urged China on Thursday to do more to persuade North Korea to drop its nuclear and missile programmes.
Earlier this month North Korea, which has warned Australia could be the target of a strike, said it had conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which experts say could reach Alaska.
The United States and other countries have indicated frustration that China, North Korea’s sole major ally, has not done more to rein in the regime of Kim Jung Un. China maintains it does not hold the key to a resolution.
“With international influence comes responsibility. It is now for Beijing to use the influence it has over the North Korean regime to get it to abandon its programme, ” British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told reporters in Sydney.
North Korea has been under U. N. sanctions since 2006 over its ballistic missile and nuclear programmes and the Security Council has ratcheted up measures in response to five nuclear weapons tests and two long-range missile launches.
