Trump and Merkel discussing North Korea

washington - US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone call on Monday about the situation in North Korea. The leaders said, among other things, about the 'urgent security challenge' by Pyongyang.

Trump also spoke with the leaders of Japan and China by telephone. The US president criticized in his conversation with his Chinese ambassador Xi Jinping the aggressive attitude of North Korea in his view. According to Trump, the performance of Pyongyang causes instability on the Korean peninsula.

The United States is deeply concerned about developments in North Korea, which have repeatedly carried out nuclear and missile testing. Trump said Monday that the United Nations Security Council should be prepared to impose additional sanctions on Pyongyang. He called the status quo 'unacceptable. '

'This is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it now,' the president said to reporters. 'North Korea is a major problem for the world and it is a problem we must finally solve. '