Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to strictly implement U.N. sanctions on North Korea and continue cooperating closely in trying to halt its nuclear program.Just after holding a meeting with Putin in the Vietnamese coastal city of Danang, Abe also told reporters that they agreed to accelerate the pace of preparations for joint economic programs to be carried out on islands disputed between the two countries.Putin said he is "very pleased" that ties between the two countries are "steadily developing," backed by active political…READ FULL ARTICLE
