US Welcome IAEA Decision on DPRK Nuclear Issue

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US Welcome IAEA Decision on DPRK Nuclear Issue

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The United States on Wednesday welcomed a decision made by the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) to take the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the United Nations Security Council.

"The IAEA board of governors' resolution is a clear indication that the international community will not accept a North Korean (DPRK's) nuclear weapons program," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said at a news briefing.

Fleischer said the IAEA's decision to refer the issue to the UN Security Council "demonstrates that this is not a bilateral issue between the United States and North Korea, but this is a dispute between North Korea and the world."

"The United States seeks a multilateral solution to this program through diplomacy," he said. "The United States plans to work closely with members of the Security Council and other friends and allies toward our shared objective of the elimination of North Korea's nuclear weapons program in a verifiable and irreversible manner," the spokesman added.

The IAEA's governing board Wednesday passed a resolution in Vienna declaring the DPRK in "non-compliance" with UN safeguards and sent the issue to the UN Security Council.

The DPRK has rejected any third party role in its dispute with Washington over its alleged nuclear programs. Washington insists that dialogues with Pyongyang be held in "a multilateral setting."

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