North Korea says it will never rejoin nuclear non-proliferation treaty

North Korea insists its status as a nuclear-armed state is irreversible despite international pressure at a UN review meeting on the pact.

North Korea says it is not bound by any treaty on nuclear non-proliferation

Pyongyang says its status as nuclear-armed state 'will not change based on external rhetorical claims'.

North Korea says nuclear status ‘will not change’ despite external pressure

North Korea’s UN envoy said his country was not bound by the non-proliferation treaty (NPT) on nuclear weapons and external pressure would not change its status as a nuclear-armed state, official media reported on Thursday. Pyongyang threatened to withdraw from the treaty in 1993 and formally did so in 2003. It has since conducted six nuclear tests – prompting a raft of international sanctions – and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads. Signatories of the NPT have been holding a...

By Agence France-Presse

North Korea says it is not bound by NPT as nuclear issue raised at UN meeting

North Korea has rejected discussions of its nuclear weapons program at a UN meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, claiming it is “not bound” by the treaty under any circumstances. Kim Song, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, made the claim in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency on Thursday, after Pyongyang’s nuclear program was raised during the 11th NPT Review Conference underway at UN headquarters in New York. “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

By The Korea Herald

North Korea says not bound by nuclear non-proliferation treaty

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