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South Korea's vice foreign minister has called on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, amid growing speculation over the North's provocations.
"The international community should speak in a strong, clear, and united voice that North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear program cannot be tolerated," Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said in his keynote speech on Tuesday for an annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria.
"North Korea's options should be clear. It must abandon all its existing nuclear programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner in accordance with the relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions," Cho said.
The 59th General Conference of the 164-nation organization kicked off its session on Monday for a five-day run.
Cho's message came as North Korea said Tuesday it is fully ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States "at any time" and also announced that it has resumed the operation of its nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon complex.
Late Monday, the North also vowed to launch what it called "a series of satellites" as it is preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party which falls on Oct. 10.
Cho called on the global community to build upon the momentum generated by Iran's nuclear deal to resolve the North's nuclear issue.
"It is highly imperative to deter further North Korean provocation from taking place," the vice foreign minister said, calling on the North to fully comply with its the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and IAEA safeguards obligations.
The North said Tuesday that it is steadily improving the levels of nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity.
It said that all the nuclear facilities in the Yongbyon complex, including the uranium enrichment plant and 5-megawatt reactor, have been re-started to normal operations.
The North vowed to resume the operation of the reactor in 2013 after it was shut down under an agreement reached at nuclear disarmament-for-aid talks in 2007. (Yonhap)
"The international community should speak in a strong, clear, and united voice that North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear program cannot be tolerated," Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said in his keynote speech on Tuesday for an annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria.
"North Korea's options should be clear. It must abandon all its existing nuclear programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner in accordance with the relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions," Cho said.
The 59th General Conference of the 164-nation organization kicked off its session on Monday for a five-day run.
Cho's message came as North Korea said Tuesday it is fully ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States "at any time" and also announced that it has resumed the operation of its nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon complex.
Late Monday, the North also vowed to launch what it called "a series of satellites" as it is preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party which falls on Oct. 10.
Cho called on the global community to build upon the momentum generated by Iran's nuclear deal to resolve the North's nuclear issue.
"It is highly imperative to deter further North Korean provocation from taking place," the vice foreign minister said, calling on the North to fully comply with its the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and IAEA safeguards obligations.
The North said Tuesday that it is steadily improving the levels of nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity.
It said that all the nuclear facilities in the Yongbyon complex, including the uranium enrichment plant and 5-megawatt reactor, have been re-started to normal operations.
The North vowed to resume the operation of the reactor in 2013 after it was shut down under an agreement reached at nuclear disarmament-for-aid talks in 2007. (Yonhap)
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