WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed that North Korea’s missile program poses “a grave and growing direct threat,” the White House said Sundaym vowing renewed economic and diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang. “President Donald J. Trump spoke today with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to address North Korea’s launch of another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The two leaders agreed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and other countries near and far,” a White House statement said. “President Trump and Prime Minister Abe committed to increasing economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea, and to convincing other countries to follow suit,” the statement continued. In response, a bilateral mission led by US strategic bombers on Saturday flew over the Korean Peninsula.

Source: New Strait Times July 31, 2017 04:18 UTC