John Kerry (REUTERS/Gary Cameron)The same for North Korea not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, then the same also applies to Iran. "Washington (Reuters)-United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday prompt response is "strong and credible" from world leaders to North Korea over the nuclear test recently conducted.
According to Kerry, those steps can demonstrate to Iran that the international community is not playing in the non-proliferation issue, the AFP report.
"This is about the proliferation and also about Iran. These two things are closely related, "said Kerry after meeting with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.
"It's important for the international community to have the credibility to make non-proliferation efforts got the confidence," he said while stressing that the powerful countries would back negotiations with Tehran in the next two weeks to discuss suspicions of Iran's nuclear program problem.
On the other hand, in the annual State of the Union speech before Congress on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama promised the United States would take "tough steps" with the allied countries to punish North Korea after Pyongyang sparked global outrage with a third nuclear test.
"The same for North Korea not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, then the same also applies to Iran," he told reporters.
"Action is as hard as it will impact both for all other businesses related to non-proliferation," said Kerry.
Kerry said that the United States now "will focus his energies" to enforce harsh sanctions from the UN Security Council for Pyongyang over the nuclear tests, which he called "provocative actions" in violation of UN resolutions.
"If you want to say something, then it must have a word meaning something. And so that the words can be meaningful, You must perform the appropriate action, "said Kerry.
"The North Korea nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in the country now is not just a threat for the United States but also for the peace and security of the world," he said.
Meanwhile China, which are allies of North Korea's trade and politics, have signed a UN Security Council statement which condemned Pyongyang's actions were "clearly a violation" of UN resolutions. (G005)
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