The British and Japanese prime ministers have agreed to work together to stop North Korea evading tough UN Security Council sanctions through ship-to-ship transfers of certain goods, the South China Morning Post reported on 27 February.
During a phone conversation between them, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed the need to apply the maximum pressure on North Korea so it would abandon its nuclear weapons development.
Prime Minister Theresa May agreed, expressing her readiness to cooperate in dealing with the North Korea issue.