China's foreign minister Wang Yi has told his North Korean counterpart that Pyongyang should stop carrying out nuclear and missile tests, hours after fresh sanctions were agreed by the United Nations Security Council.
Saturday's resolution was passed unanimously. US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley earlier said North Korea was facing "the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation", reports BBC online. Sunday.
The sanctions are:
- Importing coal, seafood, iron and iron ore, lead and lead ore from North Korea is banned
- Countries cannot receive new North Korean workers
- No new joint ventures with North Korean entities or individuals
- No new investment in existing joint ventures
- More individuals targeted with travel bans and assets freezes
- Member states to report to Security Council within 90 days on how they have implemented resolution
China, North Korea's only international ally and a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, voted in favour of the resolution. Beijing has often protected Pyongyang from harmful resolutions in the past.
Russia also voted for the sanctions.
