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US, S.Korea, Japan Urge 'Even Stronger' Pressure on N.Korea After Nuclear Test

© AP Photo / Wong Maye-EA North Korean man and woman walk under a mural with a message which reads "Long live the great victory of the army-first policy" in the city center of Wonsan on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Wonsan, North Korea.
A North Korean man and woman walk under a mural with a message which reads Long live the great victory of the army-first policy in the city center of Wonsan on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Wonsan, North Korea. - Sputnik International
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The United States, Japan and South Korea condemn North Korea’s latest nuclear test, calling for "even stronger" pressure on Pyongyang, foreign ministers of the three countries said in a statement.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State John Kerry, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Sunday.

"The Ministers noted that the DPRK’s flagrant disregard for multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions expressly prohibiting its ballistic missile and nuclear programs requires even stronger international pressure on the regime. North Korea’s provocative actions are further deepening its isolation and undermining the needs of its people, who suffer greatly at the hands of the regime," the statement said, as quoted by the US State Department.

South Korean soldiers and passenger watch a TV broadcasting a news report on Seismic activity produced by a suspected North Korean nuclear test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, September 9, 2016. - Sputnik International
Obama to Ask Nations to ‘Step Up’ Pressure on North Korea at UN
According to the statement, the officials discussed the UN Security Council’s work on imposing more sanctions against North Korea and "other possible measures of their own, in particular ways to further restrict revenue sources for the DPRK’s missile and nuclear programs."

On September 9, Pyongyang carried out a nuclear test at its northeastern nuclear test site. The nuclear experiment is believed to be the fifth and the largest since North Korea started pursuing nuclear and ballistic missile programs, drawing condemnation from the international community.

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