"The whole world has faced an unprecedented, serious, immediate threat that comes from North Korea," the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe writes in an article published in The New York Times. He calls the important step the new sanctions of the UN Security Council, adopted on September 11, but emphasizes: "Official Pyongyang steadfastly ignored previous resolutions. The international community must maintain unity and seek compliance with sanctions ".

Abe notes that everyone hopes for a peaceful settlement of the North Korean crisis. But, he believes, further dialogue with North Korea is a dead-end way: "Pyongyang would take the new negotiations as proof that other countries made concessions under the pressure of successful North Korean missile launches and nuclear tests. It's time to exert maximum pressure on North Korea. No more delays should be ".

Abe asks how North Korea, despite sanctions, receives raw materials, components and engines. And he answers: "Statistics show that some countries, mostly Asian countries, continue to trade with North Korea". "According to the UN, the ballistic missiles of North Korea used components of foreign production. Some countries buy North Korean goods, pay for the services of this country or accept workers from it. Front companies registered in Asia provide North Korea with access to foreign currencies, "the Japanese prime minister explains..

Abe reports that Japan in response has further strengthened the alliance with the US and coordinates its actions with the United States and South Korea. "I firmly support the position of the United States, which says that all options are considered," the Japanese premier.

Abe calls "to achieve thorough implementation of the entire series of resolutions [the UN Security Council] to prevent North Korea from acquiring goods, technology, money and human resources for the further development of its missile and nuclear programs".

According to Abe, it is necessary to "as soon as possible" to ensure that North Korea ceased provocations, abandoned the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and returned the abducted persons to their homeland ".