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WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (KUNA) -- US President Donald Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron during which they discussed "the need to confront the increasingly dangerous situation associated with North Korea's destabilizing and escalatory behavior," it was announced Saturday.
The White House said in a statement that Trump and Macron "pledged to work together with allies and partners to enforce United Nations sanctions and achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
For his part, Trump reiterated to Macron the commitment of the US "to stop the North Korean nuclear menace."
Trump affirmed that the US "is ready, along with its allies, to apply the full range of diplomatic, economic, and military measures to achieve that goal."
Earlier today, Macron urged the US and North Korea to cool off their war of words and abstain from any escalation that might aggravate tension between them. (end)
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