US Welcomes IAEA Resolution on DPRK's Nuclear Program

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US Welcomes IAEA Resolution on DPRK's Nuclear Program

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The United States welcomes a resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear program adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Friday, the State Department said.

"This resolution sends a clear, strong and unmistakable signal that the international community will not tolerate a North Korean (DPRK's) nuclear weapons program," the State Department said in a statement.

"North Korea must come into compliance with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, including its safeguards agreement with the IAEA," the statement said.

It said the adoption of this resolution by the 35-member Board makes clear that the DPRK's nuclear weapons ambitions and program are an issue between the DPRK and the international community, not a bilateral issue with the United States.

The IAEA resolution deplores DPRK's repeated public statements that it is entitled to possess nuclear weapons and urged the country to give up any nuclear weapons program, "expeditiously andin a verifiable manner."

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