US and China agree on North Korea sanctions resolution

                           US secretary of states Jon Jerry with Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi

The United States and China have reached agreement on a UN resolution that would impose tougher sanctions on North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, UN diplomats said Wednesday.

One security council diplomat called the draft resolution "significantly substantive" and expressed hope that it will be adopted in the coming days. Another said the draft had been circulated on Wednesday to the three other permanent council members - Russia, Britain and France.
The Security Council is scheduled to hold closed consultations Thursday evening on compliance with the North Korean sanctions resolutions, and the US-China draft could be discussed then with the 10 non-permanent council members.