Tokyo, March 05, SPA -- Japan and the United States sent a freshwarning to North Korea today against test-firing amissile, as the allies agreed to step up efforts to stop alaunch that would disturb regional peace, The Associated Press quoted the Japanese Foreign Ministry as saying. Stephen W. Bosworth, the new U.S. envoy on the North, andhis Japanese counterpart, Akitaka Saiki, agreed «to urgeNorth Korea not to take an action that would harm theregion's peace and stability,» the ministry said in astatement. The two envoys said a launch _ even that of a satellite asPyongyang claims _ would violate U.N. Security Councilresolutions, and agreed to cooperate, along with Seoul, toachieve denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, theministry said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/641264