Canada and the United States are hosting a joint meeting in Vancouver this morning to discuss North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un's nuclear threats, which are becoming a global concern.
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will host representatives from 20 different countries - mainly those that supported South Korea in the 1950-53 Korean War.
The meeting takes place less than a month before the Pyeongchang Olympics and has been planned since North Korea launched a ballistic missile in the fall.
However, last week's episode in Hawaii puts added emphasis on the summit.
The summit meeting will be shown on Facebook LIVE.
The purpose is to collectively strategize how to get North Korea to back down from its nuclear missile platform.
While more than 20 country representatives will gather, major powerhouses, Russia and China have refused to attend.
Prior to the meeting, Freeland spoke from Ottawa stating that the meeting of foreign ministers in Vancouver symbolized "international solidarity against North Korea's dangerous and illegal actions," she said.
Freeland used the opportunity to speak about NAFTA, Rohingya refugees, as well as U.S.- Canada border security relations.
"Canada and the United States are aligned with the rest of the world."
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