U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on China to fully implement UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea.

In a phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday, Pompeo reaffirmed the shared goal of the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, or CVID.

The U.S. State Department said in a readout that during the phone call, the secretary emphasized the "continued importance of full enforcement of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions related to North Korea, especially as they relate to the North's illegal exports of coal and imports of refined petroleum through UN-prohibited ship-to-ship transfers."

 Pompeo also noted that North Korea has a "bright future" if it denuclearizes. 

The top U.S. diplomat said in a Senate hearing earlier this week that implementing existing sanctions remains a top priority for the Trump administration. He also said that China appears to have relaxed sanctions across its border with North Korea within the last six or 12 months.

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