Foreign Minister Taro Kono asked his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday for Chinese cooperation in adopting a new U. N. Security Council sanctions resolu
Foreign Minister Taro Kono asked his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday for Chinese cooperation in adopting a new U. N. Security Council sanctions resolution against North Korea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
The request, made during a telephone conversation, came in response to North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean earlier in the week.
Kono was quoted as telling Wang during the 40-minute conversation that North Korea’s action posed “an unprecedented, serious and grave threat” to security and was “totally unacceptable.”
Japan’s top diplomat also said that now is the time for the international community to ramp up pressure on North Korea.
Wang reiterated China’s position of placing importance on dialogue with the North, the ministry said.
Wang also criticized Japan’s fresh unilateral sanctions on four Chinese companies and an individual linked to North Korea as part of measures to up the pressure on Pyongyang, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
