The United States and China on Wednesday agreed on the need for a new UN Security Council resolution on North Korea following the country's nuclear test earlier this month.
The decision was reached when the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, who is currently on a two day visit to Beijing, met with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi.
"We agreed that the UN Security Council needs to take further action and pass a new resolution," Mr Wang was quoted by Reuters as saying at a joint press conference with Kerry after the meeting.
"In the meantime, we must point out that the new resolution should not provoke new tensions," he added.
Stating that the US and China had agreed on a "strong resolution that introduces significant new measures" Mr Kerry added, "It's not enough to agree on the goal."
"We believe we need to agree on the meaningful steps necessary to get the achievement of the goal," he added.
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