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U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Japan and South Korea have urged the international community to “vigilantly enforce” tougher U.N. sanctions against North Korea, following Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests this year.
In separate talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington Thursday, Obama said both are "committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and full implementation of U.N. sanctions.”
The leaders met on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit being held Thursday and Friday.
Obama met first with South Korean President Park Guen-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The longtime allies vowed they would stand together and tighten security cooperation in the face of rising tensions.
"One of the topics now most on our minds is the issue of North Korea and we are united in our efforts to deter and defend against North Korean provocations," Obama said with the three leaders seated side-by-side.
“We agreed during this meeting that trilateral security cooperation is essential in maintaining peace and stability in Northeast Asia, deterring the North Koreans' nuclear threat and the potential of nuclear proliferation as a consequence of North Korean activities,” he added.
North Korea has been roundly condemned for conducting a nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch in February, violating several U.N. Security Council Resolutions.
In March, the Security Council passed a resolution imposing tougher sanctions on Pyongyang. They require mandatory inspections of all North Korean cargo and ban the export of most of the country’s mineral trade that has been used to fund its nuclear development program.
About 90 percent of North Korean trade flows through or to China, so Beijing’s enforcement of the tighter sanctions is critical.
“What is essential going forward is to thoroughly enforce the resolution so that North Korea realizes it cannot ensure its own survivability unless it abandons its nuclear aspirations,” said Park.
The allies agreed to work together to “promote concrete security and defense cooperation between the foreign affairs and defense authorities of the three nations,” said Abe.