A U.S. lawmaker with a hardline stance on North Korea says he will call on countries to sever their ties with North Korea.
 
Senator Cory Gardner who is the chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific said Thursday that he will send a letter to countries with missions in North Korea asking them to cut off their relations with the North.
 
He made the remarks during a meeting in Washington with members of Korea's main opposition Liberty Korea Party saying that he is working on such a letter.
 
He also said Congress is debating a bill that would cut off “collaborators of North Korea” from the U.S. financial system and blacklist several Chinese institutions doing business with the North.

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