“The two leaders affirmed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, South Korea, and Japan, as well as to most countries around the world,” the White House said of the call, in which the pair welcomed the sweeping sanctions. 

“The leaders committed to fully implement all relevant resolutions and to urge the international community to do so as well.”

In a bid to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear missile program, Council members voted 15-0 for a partial ban on exports aimed at slashing Pyongyang’s foreign revenue by a third.

Trump hailed the vote, thanking Russia and China for backing a measure that either could have halted with their UN veto.

On Sunday, following his call with Moon the US president reiterated on Twitter that he is “very happy and impressed with 15-0 United Nations vote on North Korea sanctions.”

The United States began talks on a resolution with China a month ago, after Pyongyang launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4, followed by a second ICBM test on July 28.

But the measure does not provide for cuts to oil deliveries, which would have dealt a serious blow to the North’s economy.

China accounts for 90 percent of trade with North Korea, and Beijing’s attitude to its volatile neighbor will be crucial to the success or failure of the new sanctions regime. DM