Australia has assigned a warship to monitor North Korean sanctions violations, a routine deployment that follows Canberra’s recent signing of a trilateral security pact with the U.S. and U.K.

Australia’s defense department announced on Thursday that Australia has deployed the Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga to monitor Pyongyang’s ship-to-ship transfers of goods, which are sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council (UNSC).

“Enforcing U.N. sanctions supports the international community’s goal of the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of North Korea,” Lieutenant General Bilton said in a statement.

“Australia is committed to the stability and security of our region and will continue