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Japan has sought China’s cooperation in putting more pressure on North Korea to refrain from further provocation. The head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kenji Kanasugi, made the request during talks with China’s special envoy on North Korea, Wu Dawei, in Tokyo today.
They are the chief negotiators for their nations in the currently suspended 6-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear development. Kanasugi and Wu agreed to demand North Korea refrain from provocative acts. The two countries will cooperate closely to strictly and fully implement the sanctions on Pyongyang that are stated in the UN Security Council resolutions.
The two officials also agreed that their countries will firmly deal with North Korea if the nation stages any further acts of provocation. Wu later met Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who urged Beijing to play more of a role in persuading Pyongyang to exercise restraint.
Kishida emphasized the need to show a strong attitude in regard to any provocative acts by the North.