Seoul, June 11 (IANS) South Korea and the United States reaffirmed Thursday their shared goal of denuclearising North Korea at a key bilateral meeting on US extended deterrence against North Korean threats.The sixth meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) took place in Seoul earlier in the day, as Pyongyang has intensified efforts to secure its status as a nuclear-armed state and vowed never to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Yonhap news agency reported.”The two sides agreed to cont…
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Washington, April 20 (IANS) The wider international community should move beyond treating Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal as a “static fact” managed discreetly by experts behind closed doors. As an instrument used for strategic leverage, Pakistan’s nuclear arms possession demands political consequences, the analysts reckon. According to a report in American magazine ‘The National Interest’, if Pakistan acts as a “rogue state”, the international community should treat it accordingly — with a clear m…