Japan and China prepare diplomatic talks on North Korea

This is the first political meeting between the two countries since the North Korean regime perform last January 6 its fourth nuclear test.

The meeting will take place before the end of this month. Japan intends to solicit support for China to apply tough sanctions regime of Kim Jong-un for its recent weapons tests

Japan and China plan to hold in the coming days in Tokyo diplomatic level talks focused on recent weapons testing in North Korea and in the implementation of future sanctions, according to a report Monday by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei and collected by.

This is the first political meeting between the two countries since the North Korean regime perform last January 6 its fourth nuclear test and launched two weeks ago, a satellite aboard a rocket, an action that the international community considers a missile test covert.

According to available information, the meeting will take place before the end of this month and it will come Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister in charge of Asian affairs, Xuanyou Kong, and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama.

After the nuclear test on 6 January, the foreign ministers of Tokyo and Beijing, Fumio Kishida and Wang Yi respectively, have been unable to coordinate their agendas for a meeting, and that would be the reason that has been stretched so far .

Japan wants to support China to apply sanctions to the regime of Kim Jong-un

According to the Japanese Nikkei, the Japanese government is keen to talk to China about the actions carried out by the regime of Kim Jong-un, because China's influence on North Korea.

During the meeting this month, Japan intends to solicit support for China in implementing tougher sanctions of the Security Council of the UN to the regime of Kim Jong-un, as punishment for its recent weapons tests.

Related eXtra/News Kim Jong-un news North Korea political world