WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration talked to China on Tuesday about North Korea facing “further consequences” under a recent U.N. Security Council resolution if it conducts a nuclear test, the State Department said.

New Secretary of State John Kerry discussed North Korea’s “continued provocative rhetoric” in a phone call with China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. It follows Kerry’s conversations this week with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea, key U.S. allies in the region.