John Kerry To Press China Over North Korea, Urge ASEAN Unity Over South China Sea

 Secretary of State John Kerry begins visit to Asia today, where he plans to put on China to show more curbs pay on North Korea after the test call nuclear and Southeast Asia to the unit in response to progress made by China in the South China Sea.Kerry begins three-day stay in the region in Laos, 10 yard seat in 2016 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), after attending a summit of Davos in Switzerland and a stop in Saudi Arabia.

He will arrive in Cambodia on Monday night and then to Beijing to meet Wednesday with leaders there.In Beijing, Kerry is expected to emphasize the need for a united front in response to the nuclear test by North Korea this month additional UN sanctions and the unilateral aggressive reaction from China, the main ally and neighbor North Korea, a senior official with the US State Department said.It is very important to present a united front ... but a united front must be a company or a his limp, 'the official told reporters traveling with Kerry .it is especially important for the 'cutting propagation and reduce your ability to North Korea to acquire the necessary means to achieve its nuclear and missile programs,' the official said, and this meant that China does more.North Korea has participated in the activities and the illicit distribution, 'he said. 'They have very few opportunities to do business with the international community, which did not somehow transit China.Despite determination and efforts of the Chinese government, there is clearly more they can do.In Beijing Kerry plans' in depth 'Discussion South China Sea, a source of growing tensions between China and the ASEAN countries and the United States on the construction of artificial islands, suitable for use as military bases of China, the official said.Firstly, although in Vientiane, Kerry will try to strengthen the unity and determination of the ASEAN bloc to defend China on the eve of the summit President Barack Obama, the leaders of the Bloc 15 to 16 February Sunny Highlands, California called .Laos has close political and economic relations with its giant neighbor China, worrying that the Obama administration may Vientiane as Cambodia, the chair of ASEAN was held in 2012, and was accused of interfering with the consensus created block in the South Chinese Sea.Besides Chinese exports to Laos tires sea has less interest in maritime disputes with some ASEAN members Beijing.The official said the United States had almost all ASEAN countries heard the office in Cambodia 'black spot' on the block does not then his left repeated.So, Laos was a good start, with the ASEAN Declaration monitors the events in the world, the official said, adding, 'It is my hope that the Lao President responsible 2016.Kerry try to set a hopeful tone Laos, discussing the increasing US aid, including additional funding for unexploded munitions from the US war to offer in Vietnam, Laos, when he was in one of the most bombed country was the history, the United States tried to destroy the communist supply line that is expected by this important .The announcement to come, but when Barack Obama the first American president was to visit the country when attending a regional summit later this year .