Asian Nations: Security Council and Kono

asian nations: He also held talks with Lim Jock Seng, Brunei's second minister of foreign affairs and trade. ; Kono and Lim shared the view that it is important to strengthen pressure on North Korea the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said, according to The Japan Times. Kono's debut on the world stage came after the U.N. Security Council on Saturday imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea that will slash the nation's 3 billion of annual export revenue by a third in response to Pyongyang's two long-range missile tests in July. After arriving in the Philippine capital, Kono, who assumed his post Thursday in a Cabinet reshuffle, met with the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The sanctions resolution was the seventh the Security Council has imposed on North Korea since 2006, when the country carried out its first nuclear test. During their first meeting since Kono assumed his post, the two ministers are expected to exchange views on how to tackle North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, two days after the U.N. Security Council piled fresh sanctions on Pyongyang. On Monday, Kono is set to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-related gatherings, a Japanese government official said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.