CHINA and the United States have agreed on a U.N. resolution on North Korea’s nuclear “provocations,” the White House announced Wednesday, with diplomats saying it would include fresh sanctions and could go to a U.N. Security Council vote soon.

    Diplomats at U.N. headquarters in New York said the two governments had agreed on a draft resolution that contained “very tough measures.”

    The United States circulated the draft text to the other three permanent council members — Britain, France and Russia — on Wednesday and was set to formally present it to the full 15-member council soon, said the diplomats, who asked not to be named.

    During a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice agreed “on the importance of a strong and united international response to North Korea’s provocations, including through a U.N. Security Council resolution that goes beyond previous resolutions,” said a statement from U.S. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.

    Wang told reporters significant progress has been made in talks on a U.N. resolution on North Korea and it is expected to be adopted within days.

    “We do not accept the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear missile program and we do not recognize the DPRK as a nuclear weapon state,” Wang said.

    (SD-Xinhua)