Canada, US Lead Call for Enforcement of Sanctions Against North Korea

(L-R) Japan's Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Korea's Foreign Affairs Minister Kang Kyung-wha pose for a photo along with other ministers during a meeting on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions in Vancouver on Jan. 16, 2018. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

VANCOUVER—Canada and the U.S. led calls this week for the global community to step up its enforcement of sanctions against North Korea, even as they urged Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and embrace a more peaceful future.

The demands followed a day of closed-door talks on Jan. 16 in which foreign ministers and senior diplomats from 20 countries strategized ways to end North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and force it back to the negotiating table.