China is “100%” committed to enforcing the latest round of United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, Beijing’s top diplomat said on Monday.

“China will for sure implement that new resolution 100%, fully and strictly,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters through a translator on the sidelines of a regional security forum in the Philippine capital.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, also agreed to apply maximum pressure and sanctions on North Korea in a telephone call on Monday.

During an hour-long phone call, Mr. Moon and Mr. Trump said they would continue cooperating to rein in Pyongyang, particularly ahead of a regular joint military drill set for late August, South Korean presidential office spokesman Park Su-hyun told a media briefing. Mr. Moon was also quoted as saying there was a need to show North Korea the door to dialogue is still open, should it give up its nuclear programme.