March 15, 2016

"Japan and China finally confirmed on Monday to work closely in their implementation of a new set of tougher sanctions on North Korea recently approved by the U.N. Security Council, during the first direct exchange of words in more than four months between the two countries' foreign ministers.

'We agreed to coordinate closely in strictly implementing a U.N. Security Council resolution' that made it possible to impose the sanctions, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters in Tokyo following a 45-minute telephone conservation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi."

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