DPRK Asks IAEA to Remove Cameras from Nuclear Facilities

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DPRK Asks IAEA to Remove Cameras from Nuclear Facilities

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Saturday, asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to remove monitoring cameras from all its nuclear facilities, a follow-up to its Thursday decision to reactivate its nuclear program.

"The IAEA is requested to take necessary measures to remove the seals and monitoring cameras from all of our nuclear facilities at the earliest possible date," said a letter sent by Ri Je Son, Director General of the General Department of the IAEA.

"The United States has completely broken the DPRK-USA Agreed Framework by giving up unilaterally its heavy oil supply obligation after systematically violating the Agreed Framework", the letter said. It claimed the accord had come to a "complete collapse".

The DPRK move was a just countermeasure against the United States for its suspension of heavy oil supplies, Ri said.

The US had announced the suspension on November 14 saying a uranium enrichment program the DPRK pursued was in violation of the DPRK-US Agreed Framework.

Under the 1994 accord between the two, the DPRK was to stop its nuclear program in return for two light water reactors and 500,000 tons of heavy oil a year from the US.

The DPRK decision was a "serious, extraordinary step" to protect national sovereignty and the right of existence for the DPRK people from the US threat, Ri said.

The DPRK would take unilateral measures if the IAEA failed to meet its demand, he added.

The international community has expressed "regret" and "concern" over the DPRK decision to revitalize its nuclear facilities. Leaders of South Korea and Japan pledged on Thursday to talk Pyongyang into rescinding its decision.

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