Foreign ministers from Canada, the U.S., UK, South Korea, and Japan on Tuesday endorsed applying further pressure against North Korea during the opening remarks of a high-level meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver.

The five foreign ministers were delivering opening remarks for the event co-hosted by the U.S. and Canada, which is attended by ministers from a total of 18 countries mainly comprised of states that sent to the peninsula as part of the UN Command during the Korean War.

While little of the meeting’s agenda was released prior to the event, U.S. Secretary of