Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has had a detailed discussion with US President Donald Trump following his fiery United Nations speech where he threatened "to totally destroy" North Korea.
Ms Bishop said she spoke with Mr Trump and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley at a UN luncheon in New York on Tuesday.
It came soon after Mr Trump addressed the UN General Assembly where he called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a "Rocket Man" who is on "a suicide mission for himself and for his regime" if he kept up his nuclear and missile program.
"I spoke to the president about his speech and his comments on North Korea," Ms Bishop told reporters.
"We had a rather detailed discussion on what options are available to the international community and what is Kim Jong-Un's end game."
The tone of Mr Trump's speech, where he also warned of threats to sovereignty in the South China Sea and Ukraine and labelled Iran a murderous regime, has been criticised in some quarters.
Mr Trump also blasted the UN's bureaucracy and said it was a massive source of embarrassment some nations with "egregious human rights records" sat on the UN Human Rights Council.
Australia hopes to win a seat on the council for 2018-20.
"I certainly didn't raise any concerns with the president," Ms Bishop said.
"We spoke more generally about the challenges with North Korea."
The foreign minister said the discussion with the president was "generally about our support for the collective strategy of diplomatic, political, and economic pressure on North Korea".
"The president's speech was about calling out this illegal behaviour and calling on the international community to continue to condemn North Korea and ensure sufficient pressure is put on North Korea so it returns to the negotiating table," she said.
With Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull deciding not to make the trip to New York Ms Bishop is leading Australia's UN General Assembly delegation.
She will deliver Australia's speech to the chamber on Friday.
Ms Bishop has a full day of meetings on Tuesday, including bilaterals with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and a Human Rights Council reform meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
