"If enemies believe that North Korea can be rattled by sanctions, it is nothing more than a delusion," it added. Tillerson also discussed the need to ramp up international pressure on North Korea to force it to abandon its nuclear weapons programmes in meetings with Australia, Japan and South Korea. They called on ASEAN "to maximize pressure on North Korea." Tillerson later met with Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha, where they underscored the important roles of China, Russia and ASEAN in pressuring North Korea, a Japanese official said. Russia and China have the relatively closest diplomatic relations with North Korea.

Source: The China Post August 07, 2017 10:41 UTC