Australia, Canada to send military aircraft to monitor North Korean ships


FILE PHOTO: Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne gestures as she talks to the media after a meeting with her Indonesian counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Saturday the country will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

Canada also plans to deploy patrol aircraft for such activities, and surveillance planes from both countries will be based in the U.S. military's Kadena air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, the Japanese government said in a separate statement.

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