UK, Japan Ministers Agree Work on New UNSC Resolution on N.Korean Bomb Test

The UK and Japanese foreign and defense ministers have agreed Friday to cooperate closely on the issue of the swift adoption of the new UN Security Council resolution related to North Korea’s most recent nuclear test, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Britain's top diplomat Philip Hammond and Defense Minister Michael Fallon are currently on an official visit to Japan, according to the Kyodo news agency.

The two UK ministers and their Japanese counterparts slammed North Korea's suspected hydrogen bomb test, calling it a threat for international security and the world.

On Wednesday, Pyongyang reportedly carried out the first test of a hydrogen bomb. The international community has condemned the alleged test as provocative, and undermining stability in the region.

Later the same day, the UN Security Council at an emergency session condemned the nuclear test and announced it would begin work on further measures against North Korea in a new resolution.

North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005 and conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013, having earlier withdrawn from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The United States, Japan and South Korea, as well as Russia and China, took part in talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula with North Korea from 2003 until 2009, when Pyongyang withdrew from the talks.