(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) shington April 08 - In a show of unity in dealing with North Korea South Korea the US and Japan jointly warned the communist nation not to take any more provocative steps. "If North Korea goes ahead with another nuclear test we along with the international community will make it pay the price for that" South Korea's top nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook told reporters in Washington D.C. "North Korea's nuclear test would be a direct challenge to the international community and a threat to peace and security in the world." He was briefing media on the results of a trilateral meeting with his US and Japanese counterparts Glyn Davies and Junichi Ihara. The tripartite session the first in five months came as the unpredictable communist nation threatens to carry out a "new type" of nuclear test South Korea's news agency (Yonhap) reported. It was a follow-up on a summit agreement between the leaders of the three regional powers in The Hague the Netherlands last month. The three regional powers agreed to make "united and effective" efforts to prevent North Korea from taking further provocative steps according to Hwang. Simultaneously they will keep exploring ways to restart the six-party talks for the substantial denuclearization of North Korea he added.
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