U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met separately in Manila with the foreign ministers of Myanmar, Japan and South Korea as he begins his first official trip to Southeast Asia. The top U. S…
U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met separately in Manila with the foreign ministers of Myanmar, Japan and South Korea as he begins his first official trip to Southeast Asia.
The top U. S. diplomat is taking part in meetings with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum as he seeks to build pressure on North Korea.
On Sunday after meeting with South Korea’s foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, he called the new sanctions voted by the U. N. Security Council a “good outcome.” Kang also described the new round of sanctions on North Korea as “a very, very good outcome.”
Tillerson is set to meet later Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
