Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday urged other Asian countries to step up cooperation on enforcing U. N. sanctions on North Korea and on environmental issues. At summit talks in Singapore, Abe called on China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to ramp up efforts to
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday urged other Asian countries to step up cooperation on enforcing U. N. sanctions on North Korea and on environmental issues.
At summit talks in Singapore, Abe called on China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to ramp up efforts to prevent North Korea from skirting the sanctions through illicit ship-to-ship transfers, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
While hoping thorough implementation of the sanctions will compel Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs, the Japanese premier expressed his intention to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, according to the ministry.
Singapore was the setting for a historic meeting between U.
