President Klaus Iohannis stated on Tuesday that Romania endorses the rigorous implementation of international sanctions imposed to North Korea by the UN and the EU and voiced hope that the efforts of the international community will lead to the durable solving of this file. "As it is well known, Romania has firmly condemned, each time, the provocative actions of North Korea and endorses the rigorous implementation of international sanctions imposed through the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the decisions on the level of the EU. Romania has repeatedly called for abstention to new challenges from North Korea. We hope that the focused efforts of the international community, of all those involved, will lead to engaging in a credible dialogue, that will lead to a durable solving of this complex file," Iohannis stated at Cotroceni Presidential Palace in the joint statement held with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
President Klaus Iohannis welcomed at Cotroceni Presidential Palace the Japanese Prime Minister, within an official visit that the high Japanese official is paying to Bucharest.