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S Korea, US, Japan to Brief on UN Response to N.Korean Missile Tests

© REUTERS / KCNANorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides on the spot the underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides on the spot the underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The briefing of envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan is intended to raise the awareness of UN member states of the UN sanctions resolutions against North Korea and also to discuss effective ways to further strengthen sanctions, according to a South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a joint briefing on June 30 on UN response to the North Korean missile tests conducted earlier this year, a South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

"[The briefing is] intended to raise the awareness of UN member states of the UN sanctions resolutions… and also to discuss effective ways to further strengthen [these] sanctions," the ministry's spokesman, Cho June-hyuck, was quoted as saying by the Kyodo news agency.

The consultations starting at 11 a.m. local time (15:00 GMT) will last for three hours, Cho added.

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