The announcement came a day after the leaders of North and South Korea pledged at an historic summit to work for the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, Reuters reported.
However, US President Donald Trump, who is also set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said he would maintain pressure on Pyongyang through sanctions that were imposed in a bid to rein in the North's missile and nuclear programs.
Australia, a staunch US ally, also promised to keep up economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea.
"Australia is to send a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to contribute to the enforcement of United Nations Security Council resolutions in our region," Payne said in a media release.
"The deployment supports the international campaign to address North Korea's illicit trade and associated networks," she said.
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Australia, Canada to send military patrol aircraft to monitor N. Korean ships
ReplyDeleteAustralia will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Saturday. Canada also plans to deploy patrol aircraft for such activities, Reuters reports. Surveillance planes from both countries will be based in the US’ Kadena air base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, the Japanese government said in a separate statement. The announcements came a day after the leaders of North and South Korea pledged at a historic summit to work for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
RT