Anchor: Leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have agreed on the need for intensifying pressure against North Korea’s missile provocation in their three-way talks. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping also agreed to work together to produce a fundamental solution to the North Korean nuclear issue in their bilateral summit in Germany.
Alannah Hill has more. 
 
Report: President Moon held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a dinner on Thursday in Hamburg, Germany on the eve of the G20 summit.
 
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told reporters that the three leaders agreed to work together to have the UN Security Council swiftly produce stronger sanctions against North Korea.
 
[Sound bite: South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Korean)]
“[The leaders] agreed that it is important to exert more pressure on North Korea and continue close collaboration with China, Russia and other relevant countries based on South Korea, China and the U.S.’ close coordination.”
 
The three leaders also shared the view that they should quickly halt the advances in the North’s nuclear and missile capabilities that are moving forward rapidly.
 
During his earlier speech on peace on the Korean Peninsula in Berlin, President Moon called for a joint response from the G20 states on the North’s missile provocation in addition to discussions at the UN Security Council.
 
Attention is being drawn to how Moon will coordinate other countries’ different views and positions on the North Korea issue at the G20 summit.
 
The president has already coordinated with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Berlin, agreeing that North Korea’s denuclearization is their common goal and they cannot accept the North’s intercontinental ballistic missile.
 
The two leaders also reaffirmed that they will closely cooperate to bring about a fundamental solution to the matter.
 
President Xi expressed his support for Moon’s efforts to settle peace on the Korean Peninsula through dialogue and promised his active cooperation.
 
The two leaders reconfirmed their positions on the deployment of U.S. THAAD antimissile system and agreed to continue discussions on the matter at high-level talks.
Alannah Hill, KBS World Radio News. 

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