Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga agreed Wednesday to cooperate in dealing with North Korea’s rising nuclear and missiles threat as well as economic matters. The meeting, held on the sidelines of an economic forum in this Russian Far East port city,…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga agreed Wednesday to cooperate in dealing with North Korea’s rising nuclear and missiles threat as well as economic matters.
The meeting, held on the sidelines of an economic forum in this Russian Far East port city, is the leaders’ first since Battulga was elected president in July. Mongolia has diplomatic ties with North Korea, while Japan does not.
Abe told Battulga that North Korea’s nuclear test Sunday, which followed the launch last week of a ballistic missile that flew over northern Japan, poses an « unprecedentedly grave and imminent threat » and is « totally unacceptable, » according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
The Japanese prime minister underlined the need to strengthen pressure on North Korea, the ministry said.
The leaders confirmed the importance of strictly and fully implementing U.
