Seoul, May 7 (IANS) North Korea is not bound under any circumstances by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), its representative to the United Nations said in a statement released Thursday, calling any attempt to force Pyongyang to fulfill treaty obligations a “wanton violation” of international law.In the statement, dated May 6 and carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency, Kim Song, Pyongyang’s permanent representative to the UN, claimed his country’s nuclear program ref…
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United Nations, April 30 (IANS) Russia, as a responsible party to and one of the depositaries of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), strictly abides by the letter and spirit of the treaty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the 11th NPT Review Conference. “We believe that amid the current complex international situation, additional multilateral efforts are required to create conditions for further progress on the path to building a nuclear-weapon-fre…
Washington, April 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for renewed efforts to “bring life” into the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).Across the decades, the international community developed a web of instruments to prevent the use, proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons, and achieve their total elimination, with the NPT as the bedrock of those efforts, Guterres said at the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT, which will run f…
Washington, April 25 (IANS) A senior South Korean diplomat said that Seoul and Washington are making efforts toward “normalisation,” amid reports that the US has partially limited its sharing of intelligence on North Korea in response to what it sees as a classified information leak by a top Seoul official. Vice Foreign Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Jeong Yeon-doo made the remarks after his meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker at the State Depart…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) A senior South Korean diplomat said Friday that Seoul and Washington are making efforts toward “normalisation,” amid reports that the U.S. has partially limited its sharing of intelligence on North Korea in response to what it sees as a classified information leak by a top Seoul official.South Korean Vice Foreign Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Jeong Yeon-doo made the remarks after his meeting with the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hook…