China, US reach agreement over North Korea sanctions resolution

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THE United States and China have reached agreement on a UN resolution that would impose tougher sanctions on North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, UN diplomats say.

The US was due to submit the draft to council members yesterday for likely discussion later in the day.One Security Council diplomat called the draft resolution “significantly substantive” and expressed the hope that it will be adopted in the coming days. Another said the draft had been circulated on Wednesday to the three other permanent council members — Russia, Britain and France.

The council was scheduled to hold closed consultations last night on compliance with the North Korean sanctions resolutions, and the US-China draft could be discussed then with the 10 non-permanent council members.

The comments from both diplomats, who were speaking on condition of anonymity, follow a flurry of activity in Washington, including meetings between China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, and with National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Wednesday afternoon.National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said Rice and Wang agreed “on the importance of a strong and united international response to North Korea’s provocations, including through a UN Security Council resolution that goes beyond previous resolutions.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Kerry told a Congressional hearing: “We’re on the brink of achieving a strong United Nations Security Council resolution.”North Korea started off the new year with what it claims was its first hydrogen bomb test on January 6 and followed that up with the launch of a satellite on a rocket on February 7.

Over the past 10 years, the nation has conducted four nuclear tests and launched six long-range missiles — all in violation of Security Council resolutions.

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