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The Latest: Trump praises Xi for new UN sanctions on N.Korea

A PAC-3 interceptor unit arrives at a garrison of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Kaita, Hiroshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Japan started deploying land-based Patriot interceptors after North Korea threatened to send ballistic missiles flying over western Japan and landing near Guam. The Defense Ministry said Friday the PAC-3 surface-to-air interceptors are being deployed at four locations - Hiroshima, Kochi, Shimane and Ehime. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)
A PAC-3 interceptor unit arrives at a garrison of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Kaita, Hiroshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Japan started deploying land-based Patriot interceptors after North Korea threatened to send ballistic missiles flying over western Japan and landing near Guam. The Defense Ministry said Friday the PAC-3 surface-to-air interceptors are being deployed at four locations - Hiroshima, Kochi, Shimane and Ehime. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

By Associated Press 4 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the North Korea crisis (all times local):

8:45 a.m.

President Donald Trump is seeking continued help from China’s president in addressing the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear developments.

The White House says that Trump – in a phone call Friday to President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) – saluted Xi for China’s U.N. vote to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea.

The two leaders also reiterated a commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.