Japan's Abe, Trump agree to keep up pressure on N.Korea
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump agreed to keep up pressure on North Korea until Pyongyang abandons its nuclear and missile programs, Japan's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The two leaders confirmed in phone talks on Wednesday night there would be "no meaningful dialogue" unless North Korea agreed on "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization," the ministry said in its statement.
"Dialogue for the sake of dialogue would be meaningless," Abe told reporters after the phone talks.
