North Korea has described the IAEA resolution against nuclear programs as the “result of a conspiracy” with the US. The Atomic Energy Agency, on the other hand, sees UN rules being violated – but wants to remain in discussion.
North Korea describes the development of its nuclear program as irreversible and refuses to follow the resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It calls on North Korea to limit its nuclear programs. The nuclear weapons tests of recent years are condemned by the IAEA and the leadership in Pyongyang is reminded of previous international agreements on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
According to the IAEA paper, North Korea cannot become a nuclear state under the nuclear non-proliferation pact. Just last year, North Korea passed a law that justified a first strike with nuclear weapons to defend the country.
“IAEA will continue to monitor”
The International Atomic Energy Agency is a paid mouthpiece for the USA and the resolution against North Korea is the result of a conspiracy by the USA and its allies, according to a spokesman for the North Korean Ministry for the Nuclear Industry.
The North Korean parliament only gave constitutional status to the expansion of the nuclear weapons program at the end of last week and approved a constitutional amendment to this end. North Korean television showed leader Kim Jong-Un announcing to frantically cheering MPs that the production of nuclear weapons must be accelerated in order to be able to counter the provocations of the USA and its allies.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has been accused of putting North Korea under pressure with rumors of an impending nuclear test. Grossi himself recently reiterated his hope of remaining in dialogue with North Korea despite all the difficulties when he was re-elected as Director General of the IAEA. “The IAEA will continue to monitor North Korea’s nuclear program,” Grossi announced.
No more access to North Korea
The IAEA has identified activity at seven different locations, Grossi continued. “The illegal continuation of the North Korean nuclear program represents a clear violation of the relevant UN resolution,” said the 62-year-old. “We will continue our work and hope to start talking to North Korea again.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not had access to North Korea since the government in Pyongyang expelled inspectors from the country in 2009 and resumed nuclear testing.
South Korea also repeatedly warns against the nuclear armament of its neighbor to the north. At a parade by the South Korean armed forces to mark its 75th anniversary last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol spoke of the danger of nuclear war.
Yoon: North Korea threatens world peace
“Despite international protests, North Korea has expanded its nuclear capabilities,” said Yoon. North Korea is openly threatening to use its nuclear weapons and is a threat to world peace. North Korea, in turn, blames the USA and its allies for the increased risk of war in the region.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has no choice, its UN representative Kim Song told the UN General Assembly, but to further expand its self-defense forces. The year 2023 is an extremely dangerous year and the security situation on the Korean peninsula is on the verge of nuclear war.