Seoul Sep 20 (IANS) Military representatives from South Korea Japan and the US on Wednesday laid emphasis on maintaining pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme.
This came a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" the Asian country.
International Policy Deputy Director General Park Chul-kyun Japan s Defense Ministry Policy Director Taro Yamato and Andrew Winternitz the US Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia held a trilateral video conference confirmed Seoul s Defense Ministry spokesperson Efe reported.
They underlined the severity of the last missile test carried out by North Korea on September 15 during which it fired a medium-range missile that travelled about 3 700 km and flew over northern Japan.
They agreed on the need to maintain maximum pressure on Kim Jong-un s regime and strengthen military cooperation among the three allies in the face of repeated provocations by Pyongyang.
However none made any direct reference to Trump s belligerent message to the United Nations meeting.
North Korea s repeated arms tests have resulted in two new UN sanctions packages in 2017 and the US administration s belligerent tone has enormously elevated tension on the Korean peninsula over the last year.
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