蒂勒森与安理会商讨如何向朝鲜施压

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will join members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to discuss putting "maximum pressure" on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program just days after expressed a willingness to begin talks with Pyongyang, without preconditions.

Tillerson will also meet with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday.

North Korea was high on the agenda in the meeting between Guterres, who was visiting Tokyo on Thursday, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Guterres reiterated United Nations Security Council resolutions on sanctions against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs needed to be fully implemented by all countries.