North Korea and a "sustained cessation of North Korea's threatening behavior" was needed before the United States could talk with Pyongyang about its development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles."North Korea must earn its way back to the table. The pressure campaign must and will continue until denuclearization is achieved," Tillerson adressed the United Nations
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Security Council on Friday.
Tillerson went on to say all Security Council member states should fully implement the UN resolutions urging countries which have so far failed to comply with the resolutions to further isolate Pyongyang politically and economically to cut off funds for its nuclear and missile programs.
He also called on China and Russia to increase pressure on North Korea by going beyond the implementation of UN sanctions.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono, in similar comments, backed the sanctions against North Korea and called on member states to abide by the UN resolutions to exert further pressure on Pyongyang.
"The latest launch was conducted 75 days after North Korea’s provocations in September. Some optimistic views labeled 75 days of silence as a positive signal. However,
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the missile launch in November made it clear that North Korea was continuing to relentlessly develop its nuclear and missile programs even while they were seemingly silent," Kono said.